UW to train teachers proper mental health services as demand grows

After health officials have been reporting a dire mental health crisis facing schools statewide since before the pandemic, a new program from the University of Washington (UW) Bothell aims to better equip educators in helping their struggling students.

“We are very lucky to be living in Washington state, but we still have a lot of homeless students,” said Robin Fleming, Ph.D., an assistant teaching professor at UW Bothell. “We have students that have PTSD, depression, anxiety, suicidality, and we can help them.”

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Fleming, the co-director of the behavioral health initiative from the UW Bothell School of Nursing and Health Sciences,

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