student mental health

Schools have invested millions in mental health support in the past few years. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin shows us what that looks like for students at a northern Illinois middle school…

Nuevos informes muestran que grandes áreas del norte de Illinois sufren de una falta de proveedores de salud mental y conductual para los niños. Peter Medlin de WNIJ tiene más sobre la noticia…

New reports show that big swaths of northern Illinois have a lack of mental and behavioral health providers for children. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more…

Paraprofessional. Teachers' aide. Instructional Aid. The other teacher who comes in to help. Whatever you might know them as — paraprofessionals can be the glue that keeps classrooms together.

WNIJ is compiling a list of youth mental health services in northern Illinois.

In late 2021, a coalition of some of the country’s top pediatricians declared the youth mental health crisis a national emergency. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin heard from families and care providers about how challenging it is for children to access the mental health support they need…

During the pandemic, schools received an influx of federal funding many used to support students’ mental health.That federal funding will soon expire. But student mental health challenges aren’t going away anytime soon.

Two Neuqua Valley students died by suicide this school year. Students talked about mental health awareness clubs and programs that helped them process their grief. But many say the school needs to do more.

Boomer wanders the halls at Immaculate Conception School in Morris wearing a red vest that reads “therapy dog in training.” He’s a Great Pyrenees. So even…

Today on the show we have a school social worker -- Silvia Hudzik! She’s a social worker for middle school students at Rockford Public Schools, she’s had…