Experts urge state lawmakers to invest in school nurses, counselors to help address mental health challenges
AUSTIN - School mental health experts urged Texas lawmakers to invest more in counselors and nurses as a means of addressing rising mental health c...
AUSTIN - School mental health experts urged Texas lawmakers to invest more in counselors and nurses as a means of addressing rising mental health challenges among Texas youth.On Monday, experts provided testimony during a Homeland Security & Public Safety and Youth Health & Safety joint committee meeting praising the previous work lawmakers have done to support student mental health, but making clear more still needed to be done.Spurred on by the pandemic, Texas students and families are reporting spikes in depression, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness and suicide ideations, said Alvia Baldwin, director of guidance and counseling at Alief ISD, located outside of Houston.