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Schools Need to Invest in Cultivating a Community of Mental Health Resources for their Students
Education plays a pivotal role in shaping the mental well-being of young adults, especially during the critical period of brain development in adolescence. All experiences that take place in schools, on buses, at museums, or in the lunchroom. True learning facilitation can take place anywhere in the world…on campus and off campus where students are interacting and learning from one another.
What happens in these interactions impact the overall form and function of brain that is still in the process of growing.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, the brain continues to grow until early adolescence, making this period crucial for fine-tuning various cognitive and emotional skills. By including biological examples in this discussion, I am not attempting to say that young people are physically incapable of regulating their emotions. Instead, I am saying that during this incredibly formative time in the life of young people — when they are in P-12 — their brains and ability to regulate their emotions are still forming.
In many ways, you could call education a science experiment. For cells to grow properly, they need to be fed and cared for. They…
