How Can We Improve School-Based Mental Health Support? | Jordan Wells | TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet
Jordan explains her teenage mental health journey. She found a lack of support in her school and well beyond it. Teens like Jordan are all around us, silently longing for help, help seldom found where they spend the most time; at school. The system will be fixed by realization, awareness, and resources. Jordan explores approaches to connecting with and easing the suffering of teens struggling with mental health issues.
Jordan Wells is a student at Boston Latin Academy. At Boston Latin, she’s a apart of the band and play the French Horn. Jordan also manages sports teams, loves to dance, plays basketball, and swims. At Boston Latin, Jordan is co-captain of a dance team. She’s participated in programs such as Achieve and Generation Citizens. Jordan loves advocating for students and hope to do so for many more. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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Jordan, schools do not need doctors that's why you have hospitals. You ask for mental health assistance in the school for serious diseases. I'm not going to expect my teacher to help me with my diabetes or a laceration that requires stitches. Understand what you're asking for. I'm all for a mental health first aid like your ZONES. I think that's a brilliant idea. But you can't expect anything more than very basic first aid from the teachers.
Second, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that your generation is going to have to deal with the humiliation of being numbered like you describe because of the extreme activism of mine. This is what happens when you try really hard to push your activism but have no grounding in reality. You have these terrible ideas that "mean well" and only after you forcefully impose them and watch the unintended suffering do you stop and ask why? I say this because you are the future. Think your ideas out. Make concrete plans. Don't advocate for nonsense like having doctors walking the halls of every school and then suddenly realize that there is no budget for anything else. The real world is complicated and full of unintended consequences. It's not good enough to "mean well". As you so rightfully point out with being unable to put your name on your work.
Keep up the good work Jordan. But grow. Learn from the nonsense and become wiser. I have faith in your generation to tell to good from the bad in mine. To not be sold snake oil because they've seen it doesn't work.
Good Job Jordán😭😍
oh yeah babes ❤️
Yesss Jordan ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mental Health Assessment approaches with Treatments.
Aww. She looked like she was gonna cry!
Yesssssss. Yesssss. Yessssss. Thank you
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i love Jordan and her passion. I used this video in a lesson plan i had to write for one of my college education classes on mental health within students. her points are short and brief yet so compelling. my heart goes out to her and all the hard work and research she has done. truly a superhero.
Teachers have everything to do with how well u do in school If ur teacher is mean and just throws the ficking work in your goddamn face like 90% of the teachers ur not gonna do it and ur gonna hate school. Last year I would get so stressed about school I dont think I slept 1 night ever last year I went to school with no sleep got screamed at by teachers for sleeping in class and they throw thr work at u after "talking" bout it for like 1 minute and expect u to do it. I wanted to kill myself every day when I came home and it wouldn't have been hard all I would have had to do was grab my shotgun and I'm gone but I didnt sometimes I wish I did and sometimes I think I still probably will not rn but I will 1 day and that's almost for sure
Well said
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This is the perfect time to change the school system to the 21st century and prepare students for reality of today's world(finance, mental health, Job skills, how to survive a recession, how to develop career and overcome hardships/failures. The system boomers created is outdated.
Make it voluntary in stead of forcing it on people through teacher referrals, you can't really help people who don't want your help and it would free up space for people that do solving the "shortage" of school counselors.
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That's why we in n dis talk about our emotions
Th e main cause is also in the up bringing , western humans leave homes when 18 , here in India we don't leave our parents till death. Emotions get tackled with family
Help the teachers