Students! How Can Schools Improve Mental Health Support for Girls of Color?
Were you inspired by the Youth Advisory Committee’s Bill of Rights? Do you have ideas for how schools can better support girls of color in schools? Share your ideas below with our community of 1400+ educators who are ready and excited to make positive changes in their schools.
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Writing the Future
What would a school that supports the mental health of girls and gender expansive youth of color look like to you?
It would have plenty of counselors that look like us, be understanding of learning differences, and have more open spaces.
Anonymous
Mental Health Support
What can schools do better to support your mental health?
There needs to be more BIPOC mental health professionals. Also, it needs to be easier for students to access instruction/materials even if they have to be absent for mental health reasons.
Anonymous
Mental Health Support
What is your schools doing well to support your mental health?
Counselors are available to us and information about them is regularly disseminated.
Anonymous
Improve Mental Health
Does your school do a good job of addressing the mental health needs of girls and gender-expansive youth of color? Why or why not?
My school tried, but anyone who had dire and/or unique mental health needs was often out of luck. However, someone like me who already had coping mechanisms and just needed extra support benefitted greatly with the resources provided.
Anonymous
Writing the Future
What would a school that supports the mental health of girls and gender expansive youth of color look like to you?
A school that promotes studying mental health and having open conversations with students to hear their voices and feedback. A school that acknowledges different cultures and provides culturally relevant curricula.
Anonymous
Mental Health Support
What can schools do better to support your mental health?
Schools can have classes to support mental health like: the science of happiness, or just a class on how to learn positive practices for life.
Anonymous
Mental Health Support
What is your schools doing well to support your mental health?
My university is working on hiring more psychologists after we, as a student body, protested on campus for the university to spend more money and time on mental health.
Anonymous
Improve Mental Health
Does your school do a good job of addressing the mental health needs of girls and gender-expansive youth of color? Why or why not?
No, there is a severe lack of mental health resources. My school does not take into consideration, the mental health problems girls and gender-expansive youth of color face. I was turned away from an appointment and told I had to wait over 6 months to talk to a therapist at my university.
Anonymous
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