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Palmyra senior tells State Board school-based mental health, counselors and peer programs reduce absenteeism
Summary
A Palmyra High School senior urged the New Jersey State Board of Education to expand school mental-health supports, citing stigma, absenteeism and successful local practices such as therapy dogs and peer workshops.
Anna Paskowitz, a senior at Palmyra High School in Burlington County, told the New Jersey State Board of Education on Feb. 25 that longstanding stigma around mental health is keeping students from using school-based supports and contributing to absenteeism.
"One of the most important ways to help students' mental health is by talking about it," Paskowitz said during public testimony,…
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