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Current mental health services in schools and desired improvements
5:04:35
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39 sec
Council Member Rita Joseph asks about the current mental health services available in the students' schools and what additional services they would like to see. A student responds, describing the current situation and expressing the need for more diverse social workers.
- The student's school has two social workers and some substance abuse-related services
- There is a need for more social workers, with emphasis on diversity
- The current ratio of social workers to students (1:250) is inadequate for a school of 2,000 students
Rita Joseph
5:04:35
What type of mental health services are available in your schools currently and what would you like to see added to your schools?
High School Student
5:04:42
Well, we do have two social workers and we also have other, for example, like substance abuse, like stuff like that, that affects like a student like a lot mentally, but I think it's very important that we have more social workers, more and diverse social workers.
5:05:02
As I said, the ratio is one to two fifty and we only have We have 2,000 kids at our school and there's only two social workers.
Rita Joseph
5:05:09
It takes a long time to see one.
5:05:10
Yeah.
5:05:10
Okay.
5:05:12
Alright, thank you.