Over the past eight years, the process has been used at least 750 times on students. Some are as young as 5 years old.
The state law that allows for these removals, known as petitions for emergency evaluation, is meant to be limited to people with severe mental illness, who are endangering their own lives or safety or someone else’s. It’s the first step toward getting someone involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital.
But advocates say schools across the country are sending children to the emergency room for psychiatric evaluations in response to behaviors prompted by bullying or frustration over assignments. The ER trips, they say, often follow months, and sometimes years, of their needs not being met.
Children’s big behaviors have gotten markedly worse in the last 8 years. So, not justifying it, but I see a lot of this in my community. Teachers being accused of improper restraint of a kid that’s literally drawing blood from the with their teeth.
Like… Fuck dude. Idk what the answer is. Ketamine?
– Socrates
I’m against the “kids these days” argument and I do try to be mindful of it.
That said, if there are statistics about increases in violent incidents (or other quantifiable data), I think those would be important to consider.
“…cross their legs…” 😱
How about the feds clamp down on predatory pricing, closes loopholes for the rich, stops investment groups from buying up housing (which increases costs across the board) and mandates a 32 hr week (WFH in all available jobs ofc).
Doing those 4 things would take a mountain of stress off parents/families so they could have more time with their kids & it would help school staff be more rested to be able to patiently work with the children.
There are a ton of kids with behavior challenges related to medical diagnoses. None of the things you listed will directly help those kids. They need medical treatment, the schools need more/better training, and they need to allocate more resources to help these kids in ways that are actually effective.