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  • Ryan House solves unmet needs of children with life-limiting sickness

    May 01, 2023 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Ryan House is one of three pediatric hospice homes in the United States and provides respite, palliative care and hospice to children with life-limiting illnesses. Staff at Ryan House focus on creating positive experiences and memories, while simultaneously supporting family members and connecting them with other families that share in their experiences. To date, Ryan House has helped more than 1,000 children and their families.

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  • One school's solution to the mental health crisis: Try everything

    April 28, 2023 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Nelsonville, Ohio

    A rural school is taking a “try everything” approach to helping students cope with mental health struggles, which were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. From providing various forms of therapy, to school-based clinic services and mental health education, school staff are leaning into more of a public health approach to mental health care. The services are also seeing support from parents and guardians as nearly all who were asked for permission to treat their child agreed, compared to just 70% before the pandemic.

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  • Connecting With Individuals Who Have Disabilities

    April 20, 2023 |

    KAFTAN TV |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Haske Children Foundation provides medical supplies, check-ups and surgeries to children with disabilities on a regular basis, having served 200 children so far. The Foundation also leads discussions about disabilities, working to address the stigma and change the negative narrative many locals have about those with disabilities.

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  • Teachers in Denmark are using apps to audit their students' moods

    April 17, 2023 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    The web-app Woof helps teachers keep an eye on the mental health and well-being of students by frequently surveying students on how they’re feeling to generate a “mood landscape,” which is intended to provide a comprehensive image of child welfare in a classroom over time. Teachers can then review the reports and provide interventions as needed. Woof launched in the fall of 2022 and has been implemented in more than 600 schools across the country.

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  • This school district is allowing students, staff to take mental health days

    March 31, 2023 |

    WKMG-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery County, Virginia

    Since 2019, students and staff at Montgomery County Public Schools have been able to take mental health days. They count as sick days, which are excused absences. Mental health days can be taken for a variety of reasons and allow people to take a break when they start feeling overwhelmed. When students take mental health days, staff and school counselors can then connect the family with resources and follow up with students to ensure they’re getting the help they need.

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  • Assessing Trauma in Children: It's key to helping them thrive, and WMU center leads the way

    March 22, 2023 |

    Encore Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    The Child Trauma Assessment Center (CTAC) assesses youth ages three months to 17-years-old to see how trauma can negatively impact a child’s developing brain, especially among children in the foster care system. CTAC has trained more than 150,000 individuals in identifying trauma in children and its effects, including medical professionals, judges, caregivers and educators.

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  • Families take drastic steps to help children in mental health crises

    March 20, 2023 |

    Side Effects Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States

    To eliminate the practice of custody relinquishment to mental health services, some states are building more comprehensive systems of care for children that focus on crisis prevention and de-escalation. More accessible and affordable wraparound services have reduced the need for and use of inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations, emergency rooms, juvenile detention, residential treatments, and police involvement.

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  • Barrow County Nonprofit Serves Children in Crisis Across Georgia

    March 06, 2023 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Barrow County, Georgia

    Adventure Bags distributes backpacks to children entering foster care, domestic violence shelters and homeless shelters, many of whom are often displaced with nothing. The backpacks are filled with hygiene products, books, stuffed animals and other care items. Since 2011, the group has given backpacks to over 45,000 children.

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  • Driven by his own experience, this young Nigerian started an NGO to rescue street children 

    February 12, 2023 |

    IkengaOnline |

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    Street Priests Incorporated engages with youth living on the streets in Nigeria to offer them scholarship funding, food aid, reunification with their families, and more. The organization has helped more than 17,000 children through its programs since 2014.

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  • Eat-Learn-Play: Bridging the Nutrition and Education Gap for Wassa's Displaced Children

    January 30, 2023 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Wassa

    The Transitional Learning Center provides children ages four to 14 with free education, school supplies, and one meal per day to not only encourage school attendance but to also address the issue of malnutrition. The beauty of the Center is that it’s a semi-permanent structure that can be moved to different locations where there may be school children in need. Since the Center was formed, over nine million students from 54,619 schools have benefited from the program.

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