Inside the Mental Health Crisis in New York Schools
Video Transcript
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media
What constitutes those costs? I mean, what really happens?
Steven Gacovino – Personal Injury Attorney – Suffolk County (Long Island), New York
Well, look, it essentially changes the educational curriculum when you’re dealing with people that are suffering from mental harm, whether it’s, number one, you know, having to make rules like, hey, you got to get rid of the cell phones.
Look, that’s a blessing. I’m glad it happened.
But when you are dealing with people that are anxious, depressed, suicidal, it becomes the school’s responsibility during the day to address these mental harms.
How are they going to do it? They’re going to have to hire more healthcare professionals. Teachers are going to have to be cross-trained in recognizing these issues and these problems. Administration is going to have to allot money to try to address these issues.
Maybe there needs to be outside assemblies or classes that are specifically in trying to help people distinguish between reality and their virtual realities.
If you think about that challenge, it certainly takes them away from learning how to read, learning how to write, learning history, and learning math.
