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'We need to figure out a way to talk about these negative emotions without sending the message that there’s something dysfunctional about you for feeling that way".

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The Suffolk plan includes the use of body cameras for all officers, the creation of a task force to recommend improvements to the school resource officer program, and a $1 million pledge to mental health crisis response. Nassau’s police reform plan includes a two-tiered 911 response that involves more collaboration between the police and Nassau’s mobile crisis team for mental health emergencies.

" Parenting and family interventions can be readily embedded into their routine substance use disorder treatment schedule for group-based delivery to adults with children."

"Based on that evidence, Social Security assesses how your condition affects your mental function in areas that matter in a work setting, such as your ability to understand, remember and apply information; interact with others; concentrate on tasks and perform them at a consistent pace; and manage your emotions and behavior. For a disability claim to be approved, your limitation must be rated extreme in at least one of those areas or a marked limitation in at least two"

"Nervous system dysfunction comes in all different shades, and it’s easier to think of the whole gamut as a sliding scale of function. Learning disabilities, attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder (ADD/ADHD), and SPD are on the low end and it slides up to severe autism on the high end."

"Experts increasingly believe brain-related effects may be linked to the body’s immune system response to the coronavirus and possibly to vascular problems or surges of inflammation caused by the disease process."

USA TODAY spoke with more than a dozen experts. What we heard was children need what they always have: caregivers who are present and emotionally available. They need people to help them make sense of uncertainty and loss, who can help them navigate fear and change.

Resist the pressure from whatever ‘powers that be’ who are in a hurry to fix kids and make up for the lost time. The time was not lost, it was invested in surviving an historic period of time in their livesin our lives. The children do not need to be fixed. They are not broken. They need to be heard. They need be given as many tools as we can provide to nurture resilience and help them adjust to a post pandemic world.

"Research tells us that cooperating and supporting your ex in their parenting is helpful not only for a child’s peace of mind, but also their behaviors, like academic achievement."