Mental Health
After federal cuts, California schools could lose hundreds of mental health clinicians
Credit: Alison Yin/EdSource Top Takeaways The Trump administration will cancel nearly $168 million in school-based mental health grants that funded […]
September 24, 2025
Youth suicide declines since pandemic, but disparities persist in California
In the U.S., students who may need support for depression, anxiety or suicidal ideation are most likely to access services […]
August 13, 2025
What Trump’s budget and tax law means for California students
Top Takeaways Cuts to social safety net programs for the United States’ poorest will partly offset the $4.5 trillion in […]
July 8, 2025
How to help kids cope with ongoing ICE raids, deportations | Quick Guide
Top Takeaways Families should have truthful conversations with children to help process feelings related to ongoing immigration raids. Students who […]
June 25, 2025
Wellness coaches take on youth mental health problem in rural California
Top Takeaways Students in rural areas fare much worse than those in urban areas in mental well-being because of poverty […]
May 7, 2025
Why — and how — some California schools bounced back five years after the pandemic
California’s students have struggled in the five years since the pandemic closed schools. But kids in many schools are bouncing […]
April 29, 2025
What parents and students need to know about LAUSD’s cellphone ban
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) voted 5-2 to develop its new cellphone ban last August — placing the district […]
February 13, 2025
How to balance the health and educational needs of chronically ill students
Any parent or teacher who has worked with a seriously ill child knows how difficult it is to meet the […]
December 19, 2024
Author of federal mental health law has advice for California
Mental health has been at the center of former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy’s personal journey to recovery from addiction […]
December 16, 2024