Increasing the dialogue among stakeholders in New Jersey’s special education system

Snap Shot: Children & Mental Health

by | Sep 4, 2016 | Snapshot

Around 20% of the world’s children and adolescents have mental disorders or problems. (WHO) Neuropsychiatric disorders are among the leading causes of worldwide disability in young people. (WHO) Approximately 50% of students aged 14 and older with mental illness drop...

Snap Shot: Absent From School

by | Apr 15, 2016 | Snapshot

In 2013, about ten percent of K-12 students in New Jersey were deemed “chronically absent,” missing more than 18 school days. Across the nation, an estimated 5 to 7.5 million students miss a month or more of school each year. In poor communities, truancy rates...

Snapshot: Mental Illness Facts and Numbers

by | Feb 28, 2013 | Snapshot

One in four adults—approximately 57.7 million Americans—experience a mental health disorder in a given year. One in 10 children live with a serious mental or emotional disorder. One-half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14, three-quarters by age...