Would Mental Health Counselors Help Keep Clearwater Schools Safe?
The Pinellas School Board is considering hiring mental health counselors who would evaluate students identified as potential security risks and make sure they get treatment, TBO.com reports.
The Pinellas County School Board is considering hiring mental health counselors to evaluate students identified as potential security risks in an attempt to keep schools safer in the wake of the recent Connecticut shootings, TBO.com reports. Board member Renee Flowers, who floated the proposal at a board workshop Tuesday, told the news site the counselors would talk to students identified by school guidance counselors and follow up to be sure they get help if needed. The board has asked the school district to review its policies to see if such a proposal is possible, TBO reports. Flowers said officials would still need to figure out how to cover the cost for students who aren't covered by insurance, and that parents would need to give …
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Ronald Joseph Kule
12:26 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
Statistics overwhelmingly show that school safety is endangered, not protected, by the continual use of psychotropic drugs on children, which are recommended by such counselors. Nine out of ten recent school-related shooting incidents have involved the prescribed use of these drugs on the part of the perpetrators. Having such counselors present is not a good idea for safety as they are often the … more ›