Children's Mental Health

Florida will no longer participate in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, drawing alarm from doctors and child welfare agencies.

He says the funds will help close achievement gaps and boost student resiliency, especially after pandemic slowdowns.

One change allows parents of minors to skip a court review and voluntarily check their children into facilities as long as parent and child agree.

The proposal by Reps. Susan Valdes and Traci Koster would permit “licensed professional as determined by school board policy” to write notes that would excuse absences, and not just physicians.

The Center for Child Counseling and Palm Beach Pediatrics are working together to blend mental health services into primary pediatric care.

During an event in Florida’s Old Capitol, the hoops legend asked a group of high school athletes to talk about pressures they face and told them,"What’s important is to know that there are resources to help,”

We speak with UCF psychology assistant professor Dalena Taylor about how to talk to kids about mental health and what routines to consider.

During the pandemic, many of the youngest Americans have fallen behind socially, academically and emotionally in ways that could harm their physical and mental health for years.

The law ends the practice of confining students with disabilities to a room by themselves. Another bill signed Monday allows for higher payments to parents of infants born with a brain injury.

The lawsuit claims the district has deprived children of educational opportunities and inflicted unnecessary trauma by forcing them into mental health centers over unthreatening behavioral incidents.

Children’s hospitals — and the young patients they help — are asking Congress to prioritize their growing mental health needs.