By 2017, Ohio was second to West Virginia in rates of overdose deaths. One rural township in southern Ohio started a program for children of parents and grandparents who are dealing with addiction. (hereandnow)
One school district in Ohio has started a program to support children affected by the emotional, behavioral and physical consequences of their families' deadly opioid addictions. By 2017, Ohio was second to West Virginia in rates of
“A lot of the behaviors that we're seeing, traditional things don't work,” she says. “Or we see kids that just completely shut down. I mean, completely shut down — no affect, no response, not taking in information.” Part of the program includes a 45-minute social-emotional learning class each week that every student is required to attend — not just those directly impacted by the opioid crisis.
“Kendra is using the language with them — self-regulation and zones of regulation — and we're hearing those kids use that language,” Applegate says. “Now it's becoming part of their everyday vocabulary and using that language to reach out and ask for help.”Applegate: “We see a lot of transiency in kids, so we have a lot of kids that are here with us for a minute, moving somewhere else, somewhere else and then back to us.
Applegate: “One of the key components to that is the modeling and practice. We do a lot of modeling of it, a lot of practice with it in Kendra in her setting, and then we work for that carry over into the classrooms. Our teachers know what Kendra is working on and what the skill is, and oftentimes, they feed her what the concerns are and what they'd like her to focus on.”
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