Each child arrives at our doors with abilities and gaps. We are responsible for helping each child reach the graduation stage having met the same standards; some struggle and never reach them, some reach them, and others surpass them. Among each group are students suffering with mental illness. Some have a diagnosis and doctors, educators and families working together on their behalf.  But, many remain undiagnosed.

It takes time, observations, collection of evidence, alert educators and consistent medical care to identify whether a child has a mental illness or not. And because of the many forms of mental illness, it is really difficult to accurately diagnosis and treat. Success requires an active parent, school, physician partnership.

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