CAN WE DO MORE? THIS LETTER TO STUDENTS AT BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPLORES THE TRAUMA, DISTRESS AND ANXIETY THAT CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS EXPERIENCE. THIS IS A LETTER FROM THE LOVE CENTERED HEALING CENTER TO THEIR VIA FIVE TWO THROUGH AN APOLOGY. RICHARD ROWE OF THE BALTIMORE MENTAL HEALTH ALLIANCE CALLS FOR HIS MESSAGE, WHICH APPEARS IN MONDAY’S BALTIMORE SUN AND APOLOGY AND A CALL TO ACTION. IT DESCRIBES ISSUES INCLUDING STREET VIOLENCE, ADVERSE HOME EXPERIENCES, SCHOOL PROBLEMS AND FAILURES. AND IT TELLS YOUNG PEOPLE THAT YOU DESERVE AN OPTIMAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE. YOU DESERVE CLEAN, SAFE, HEALTHY, CENTERED AND HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL SCHOOLS. THE LETTER FOCUS ON THE DEEP EMOTIONAL HURT AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE PANDEMIC. ONLINE SCHOOL, ONLINE BULLYING, ISOLATION, SAD, LOCKDOWNS, SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS, MASK WEARING, AND OTHER LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT NUMEROUS STUDIES HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. THE LETTER CALLS FOR INCREASED FUNDING TO HIRING MORE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO HELP STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. ANOTHER SUGGESTION ALL SCHOOLS HAVE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND CLINICIANS WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHER CAN DO A WELLNESS CHECK. I mean, I think we owe them. WE LIVE IN A VERY DIFFERENT WORLD THAN TWO YEARS AGO. TWO DAYS AGO. BUT IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS, THEN WE MUST HAVE ALL OF OUR LIVES, WE MUST VIEW CHILDREN AS ALL CHILDREN AS OUR CHILDREN, AND BE ABOUT TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING WILL BE ADDRESS. NOW THE ALLIANCE FOR BLACK MENTAL HEALTH HOPE THIS WILL START A DIALOGUE ABOUT WHAT COULD AND SHOULD BE DONE. WE HAVE CONTACTED BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ASK FOR COMMENT. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. LIVE REPORT FROM THE EAST
Mental health expert: Letter to Baltimore students is more than just an apology
A mental health expert who wrote a letter to students at the Baltimore City school said his note was more than just an apology. Richard Rowe’s letter to students in Baltimore City Public Schools looks at the trauma, distress, and anxiety faced by children and adolescents. Rowe, who is part of the Black Mental Health Alliance, said it’s not just up to the students, but everyone else – including himself – to think about what more can be done. “It’s a letter centered around love and healing through apology,” Rowe told 11 News. Rowe called his post in Monday’s edition of the Baltimore Sun an apology and a call to action. In it, he described issues including street violence, negative experiences at home, school problems and failures. Rowe wrote. The letter focuses on the ‘deep emotional wounds’ and ‘consequences of the pandemic’ which include online schooling, online bullying, isolation, sadness, lockdowns, social distancing requirements, wearing masking and other lifestyle changes, which multiple studies have shown have had significant negative impacts on mental health and wellbeing, Rowe wrote. The letter calls for increased funding “to hire more mental health professionals to support students, teachers, and administrators.” health resources and clinicians where students and faculty can get a health check. “I think we owe it to them. We live in a very different world than we lived two years ago, two days ago,” said Andrea Brown, executive director of the Black Mental Health Alliance. are being processed,” Rowe said. The Black Mental Health Alliance hopes this will start a dialogue about what can and should be done. WBAL-TV 11 News has contacted the school district for comment and has yet to receive a response.
A mental health expert who wrote a letter to students at the Baltimore City school said his note was more than just an apology.
Richard Rowe’s letter to students in Baltimore City Public Schools looks at the trauma, distress, and anxiety faced by children and adolescents. Rowe, who is part of the Black Mental Health Alliance, said it was not just for the students, but for everyone else – including himself – to think about what more can be done.
“It’s a love and healing centered letter to them through an apology,” Rowe told 11 News.
Rowe called his post in Monday’s edition of the Baltimore Sun an apology and a call to action. In it, he described issues including street violence, negative experiences at home, school problems and failures.
“You deserve an optimal learning experience…you deserve schools that are clean, safe, healthy, healing-centered, and highly functional,” Rowe wrote.
The letter focuses on the ‘deep emotional wounds’ and ‘consequences of the pandemic’ which include online schooling, online bullying, isolation, sadness, lockdowns, social distancing requirements, wearing masking and other lifestyle changes, which multiple studies have shown have had significant negative impacts on mental health and wellbeing, Rowe wrote.
The letter calls for increased funding “to hire more mental health professionals to help students, teachers, and administrators.”
The letter also suggests that all schools have mental health resources and clinicians where students and faculty can get a wellness checkup.
“I think we owe them. We live in a very different world than we lived two years ago, two days ago,” said Andrea Brown, executive director of the Black Mental Health Alliance.
“But if we’re going to change that, then we all need to roll up our sleeves, think of our kids as our kids, and do our best to make sure their mental health and wellbeing is taken care of,” Rowe said.
The Black Mental Health Alliance hopes this will start a dialogue about what can and should be done.
WBAL-TV 11 News has contacted the school district for comment and has yet to receive a response.
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