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Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR

How a Hospital and a School District Teamed Up to Help Kids in Emotional Crisis

By Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR and Christine Herman, WILL / Illinois Public Media August 13, 2021

A Long Island, New York, school system has partnered with a hospital to create a mental health safety net for children. The heart of the initiative is a new behavioral health center, which the hospital opened to help children avoid unnecessary hospitalization.

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Kids Already Coping With Mental Disorders Spiral as Pandemic Topples Vital Support Systems

By Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media and Cory Turner, NPR and Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR January 29, 2021

Many children with serious emotional or behavioral difficulties depend on schools for access to vital therapies. When schools and doctors’ offices stopped providing in-person services last spring, kids became untethered.

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