Our Q of the month asks how the school year is going. Last week to answer -- only takes 90 seconds!

Last week to vote in PPAL's Q of the month at ppal.net #childrensmentalhealth #school

In December, the Office of U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy released an advisory called “Protecting Youth Mental Health.” Here is what we as a society can do, according to the report. addisonindependent.com/2022/01/20/pro…

And parents are the experts on their young children and their families. #respect #childrensmentalhealth

Parents are the in acknowledged heroes of the pandemic for sure.

Wonder if youth results are better or worse?

Our January question - part 1 - asked parents how kids are doing this school year. No surprise -- anxiety, school avoidance and sadness are up. Concentration has dropped down. #schoolavoidance #childrensmentalhealth #anxiety

PPAL's January Q of the Month - part 2 - asked parents if their kids were getting the needed support at school this year? Two-thirds said nope or not really. #returntoschool #supportkids #childrensmentalhealth

We say this many times to the hundreds of parents who call us every month.

43% of parents told us their child was struggling most of the time in the last question of our January Q of the Month. Only 1 in 5 said their child was doing well most of the time. #childrensmentalhealth Why do you think this is?

Calls to us from families whose kids have mental health needs have exploded since the beginning of the pandemic and show no signs of slowing down. #childrensmentalhealth #pandemic

Our February Q of the month asked parents if a CRA had been filed against their child. 31% said yes. About half said they were the ones who went to juvenile court and asked them to provide help and supervision. #juvenilejustice #statusoffence #childrensmentalhealth

We asked about 100 parents in February if a CRA - Child Requiring Assistance -- was filed, what type was it? Looks like schools are filing a lot of them. #juvenilejustice #statusoffence #childrensmentalhealth

Hoping parents will come to our series of listening sessions and talk about how the last 2 years have impacted their child's mental health and getting care for them. Tomorrow's session is in Spanish. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #childrensmentalhealth CMHC

Thanks for the great work you do.

We ask, families answer. In March almost 200 told us what mental health services their child was waiting for. Outpatient was #1. Meanwhile, their kids got worse. #childrensmentalhealth

Part 2 of our March Q of the month asked for the longest wait time children had in the last 2 years. About half said it was 6 months or longer. With waits like this can the kids mh crisis improve? #childrensmentalhealth

PPAL's new study in the Globe! 243 families told us how loss during COVID affected their kids. They said those losses made their kids' mental health issues worse. There needs to be more awareness and new approaches to kids mental health. bostonglobe.com/2022/04/17/met…

No doubt about it. Stigma is a form of cancel culture.#stigma #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #mentalhealth

Almost 1/2 the parents told us when their child was bullied it was because of their behavioral health issues. #bullying #childrensmentalhealth