A good policy is one that encourages students to seek mental health counseling, and does not deter students from getting help or punish them for doing so.
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Related available for any mental health counseling. HOWARD JOHNSON There is a stigma in consulting Mental Health, ... Students don't like it. JOANNE LEWIS The purpose of random testing is not to catch, punish, or expose students who use drugs, but to save... JOHN WALTERS When symptoms clearly begin to interfere with daily functions, students who are having trouble going... DR. RADU SAVEANU The evidence is quite clear, it does help students from any economic strata. FRANK BELLUSCIO It's good health policy to have higher cigarette prices. It prevents kids from starting to smoke and... MARC MANLEY Peer mediation is a chance for students to work with other students to help them resolve problems, a... JANET RENO We wanted to help create a healthy environment for students and help them learn healthy behaviors. A... DONNELL BARTON Clearly, the retention policy suffers design flaws. If retention's purpose is to produce more academ... CHRIS PATTERSON Those are the laws in the state of Pennsylvania. We may need to refer students to the drug and alcoh... DENNIS KIRK It's a great turnout so far. We have about 500 students, and many of them work, so getting them to c... GAYLE WICKER We hope that all students are keeping up with his or her work, getting targeted help ... and are eng... DANA TOFIG It's so important and valuable for them to see students of color being successful ... and getting a ... MARQUIS HARRISON Teachers can be a living example to their students. Not that teachers should look for students to id... SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR Sen. Smith has been a strong proponent of Medicaid funding for mental health services, mental health... RUSS NEWMAN There's a big misconception about what school nurses do. You have to handle everything from first ai... JOAN MANDZUK I'm just concerned about those students who won't go to Mental Health, ... What will they do? JOANNE LEWIS Wise teachers create an environment that encourages students to teach themselves LEONARD ROY FRANK When you look in catalogues or watch TV or whatever, styles are pretty challenging as far as meeting... CINDY JOHNSON We are concerned that we provide a good experience for our students. We have a good faculty; we just... GREG WEISENSTEIN All students should participate in taking this test. However, one assessment does not give the whole... JULIE SCHIOLA Staff work hard to promote the mental health of each child and family ... and have access to a menta... JACALYN DELICH While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means shoul... BOBBY SCOTT We are more concerned with getting the kids who needed help, not so much with the ethnicity of the s... DAVID ROSSI Our goal with College Goal Sunday is to help break down some of the barriers that keep students and ... DAVID ARMSTRONG The best part for me was seeing black students African-American students from across the state... MARCHELLO CAVITT One of the reasons that we're doing this is that, sometimes, a student might want a book that's a li... DREW GOODMAN We try to be the best. Leonard is doing that on his own and setting a good example for students and ... BRIAN CULLEN We would love student involvement and are looking for students of any major to help the cause throug... MICHELLE BURCIN We don't advocate our students to break any law in any way, shape or form, but our students are advo... BRIAN WAGNER A hallmark of the Latino community is to help one another, if students are interested in a way to gi... ELLEN OCHOA The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the pr... PAULO FREIRE Everybody is competing for graduate students and any way that you can facilitate making it easy for ... PENNY WRIGHT I think it helps focus students on being accountable for what they have to learn. It also focuses ac... JUDY JEFFREY The policy is intended to provide safety for our students, to act as a deterrent. AL HARRISON I think information is good. Getting information to the students is important. MEL NETZHAMMER Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers a... SOLOMON ORTIZ More students should really have access to this program. We'll apply for grants and seek support fro... LAURA ANDERSON There are standards to which students should adhere while in school so learning is not compromised a... DALE BROWN This administration has taken the FCAT as a sole determinant. And now it will determine whether a te... MARK PUDLOW Our students take their meals there, and it is part of their undergraduate experience. Even though t... CASS CLIATT [After graduation, he encourages students to pursue their interests, despite external temptations.] ... ROBERT STERNBERG As an outsider, this one-shot policy strikes me as a little extreme, ... Somehow, we view mental hea... JAMES PENNEBAKER Basically, we help them learn leadership skills. The student council is traditionally the voice of t... JEFF PETERS There isn't anybody out there who doesn't have a mental health issue, whether it's depre... HOWIE MANDEL We talk about maintaining young professionals and keeping students in the community and getting stud... MAGGIE BROOKS The university takes very seriously any intimation or expression by individuals that may need counse... COLIN RILEY I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport wit... ROBERT MORGAN Part of what any good health-care professional does, including an advanced-practice nurse, is know w... DAVID SHULKIN The policy they got is just a policy. The students are running the show. BRIDGETT WILLIAMS The SAT plays an important role in helping admissions officers around the country sort out students,... JONATHAN GRAYER I hope to prevent one of out students from getting sexually assaulted, kidnapped or I suppose the wo... DANIEL SULLIVAN Nothing can stop one with strong & positive mental attitude from achieving goal. Nothing on earth ca... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I think it is very important for kindergarten students to continue to have nap time. They are not us... JERRY GREEN A successful teacher is one who has atleast 2 students in his class, one who sees no reason to study... APURVA GAGLANI TV does not care about you or what happens to you. It's downright bad for your health now, and t... TOM PETTY The plan doesn't prevent or deter negotiations between potential suitors and the board, rather it en... STEPHANIE ALLMEN The data that we're getting back on the terms of how well our students are doing is remarkable. We s... JEFF SIMONS Give Us An Opportunity We Will Accomplish Something beneficial DR. ARUN S SON True prayer does not seek God’s help, but it focuses on what is good for everyday life and all of ... DEBASISH MRIDHA The reason I got involved is because I have known Dr. Owens for the past year or so. After I realize... CODY FARRENS It's heartbreaking for students at this age. We want to get other students to think before they do s... DANA MARTELL We're interested in doing something that expresses what the students on campus have to say. Those of... BEN DIGMAN Many students at the two schools are on a college track. Some students, along with their parents, as... JUNICHI ASAUMI Students were not getting a balanced science education. GINGER DAVIS Education in our times must try to find whatever there is in students that might yearn for completio... ALLAN BLOOM The purpose ... is to produce students who can help meet crucial state and regional needs. The Healt... BUD MORRIS The financial assistance is available. We are eager to help them, not only financially, but from a c... CHRISTIAN SMITH There are students who years ago would not even have been in school. Their health problems would hav... KAREN THOMAS I got emotional help and support from my wife and friends. But the physical help had to come from a ... GIL KLEIMAN If we find out students are not doing enough physical exams or not seeing enough patients - say stud... ART FRAZZANO School violence is a serious problem that endangers students, interferes with learning and harms our... JOE BACA From our perspective, anything that would help students manage the cost of course materials we're al... BRYAN PEARCE Mental health, for me, is doing everything I can to help this team win. Sitting around not doing any... COLIN KAEPERNICK It's a new term, ... What it does is make us more aware of what we're doing. We do care about the st... JANE ADAMS There are a lot of untied ends so far, but we want to get these students into school, in a stable en... BILL CHENEY We want students to choose their campus based on their interest and the space available. We want to ... BARRY QUALLS I am so impressed with the way these students did not allow the fire to stop them from competing. CAROLYN PHILLIPS We really have the guidance counselors encourage students to take the courses that help them prepare... LORI WHITE We could have kids that have graduated in here or kids from other schools, ... This will help teache... ERIC PORTER It's important that students don't keep paying the price for this for years to come. If we can help ... BRUCE WALKER We're looking to this to provide opportunities for students to come to the Valley, be trained here, ... MARIA PALLAVICINI Being involved with this big of an event was a terrific real life experience for the students and on... BRYAN NELSON Our presence with the (Williams) students there is not as great just because of the distance and get... JENNIFER SWOAP Research shows that early literacy is critical. Students who come from more affluent, better educate... BILL GARRISON Scholarships are important to students for two reasons: They help defray the costs of tuition and th... ALYSSA MCCLURE These are students who have a lot of potential but don't have people pushing them or showing them ho... LAURA ANDERSON We always need more tutors, because there are students who are waiting for a tutor to help them impr... THOMAS JANE One may reject such proposals as something that will hurt merit but the ground reality is students f... UMA BHARTI Our students, from the first year of medical school, look for ways in which they can help provide co... GREGG TAKAYAMA They're not huge amounts of money, but it just shows that (students are) getting local support from ... BERNADETTE MILLS The situation is dire for many students, and it has a real impact on the quality of our health care ... LINDA FORD We encourage students to talk to advisers to help them choose a program that is right for them. We h... DIANE ADAMS Every year, some 65,000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their commu... GARY LOCKE For younger students, parents should spend time reading to them and listening to them read, then ask... BARBARA HARVEY Getting students to participate in the school-lunch program is one of the key objectives, DAVID GLEASON The exposure we've brought the Hippodrome to Baylor students is great for them. By us bringing them ... BEN DUDLEY People who pretend to be your friend lead you up a garden path by saying everything that you want to... GARY F EVANS... It´s important that students don´t keep paying the price for this for years to come, ... If we can... BRUCE WALKER What has changed is some of the severity. We are seeing more students who have had prior counseling,... JAQUIE RESNICK
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