Of all the challenges that threaten the well-being of America’s schoolchildren, one of the most serious and severe is the lack of school counselors and school psychologists. Despite the increased ...

Health status and academic achievement have been found to be linked: When students have poor health status, they are at increased risk for poor academic outcomes. The school-based health center is a ...

School nurses, psychologists, and other health workers are experiencing a daunting dilemma: They have a rapidly growing workload, but many don’t feel like they have enough support or resources to ...

Audrey Wang was in her first year of high school when she started frequently feeling stressed and nervous. She became reluctant to seek help from teachers when a concept didn’t click and felt ...

Youth in underserved communities lack access to consistent sources of high-quality health care. School-based health centers (SBHCs) address this challenge through the provision of primary care, mental ...

With the end of school shutdowns, children’s mental health appointments fell sharply, though other factors may have contributed. By Ellen Barry A study of nearly 200,000 California schoolchildren ...

As the number of young people experiencing depression and anxiety continues to grow, schools play a critical role as providers of mental health services: Some 70% of children in the U.S. who seek and ...

It will come as no surprise to parents that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on young people’s mental health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that almost half of ...

UNESCO jointly with Central Board of Secondary Education and National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) are implementing School Health and Wellness Programme (SHWP) across 30,000 ...