Anoka-Hennepin Schools May Start Depression Screenings

Anoka-Hennepin Schools May Start Depression Screenings

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Minnesota’s largest school district is discussing screening high school students for depression and anxiety in the classroom. As part of a state grant to improve mental health services, Anoka-Hennepin schools could offer a screening as soon as next fall. ... The school district is considering spending a $370,000 state grant on testing for depression in the classroom.

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Kumar said with parents’ permission, the patient health questionnaire would be given to 10th graders in health class.

If parents permission is needed then why can't parents be left to make this decision and have it done, and paid for, themselves? Even if a concerned teacher notifies a parent about their kid having problems, why must it be done at school?

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Twin Cities area doctors said about half the clinics in the Twin Cities area offer these same depression screening tests, but usually a parent has to ask for them after seeing some warning signs at home.

Is it a legal thing? Does anyone know if the school district was sued?....

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Anoka-Hennepin schools garnered national attention after seven students took their own lives between September 2009 and May 2011.

My normal knee-jerk reaction to parenting issues is for the government to stay out of it. A good example is the thread about Child Protective Services threatening to take children away from parents who let their kids walk to school alone.



Whady'all think?



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