We all share a common priority: keeping our children safe. The recent school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut has heightened our awareness of the vulnerability of our children and communities to violent actions. However, it is important that we not respond by merely addressing security in schools.
Since 2006, a steering team that includes the WV-DHHR Bureau for Behavioral Health and the WV Department of Education has studied how to improve state and local capacity for school based mental health.
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