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March 30, 2009
Massachusetts program eases students' return to school after care for depression
The Boston Globe (3/24, Wertheimer) features the experiences of Hannah Cummins, whose return to Brookline High School in Massachusetts after having been hospitalized for depression was facilitated by the Brookline Youth Resilient Team (BRYTE). BRYTE was "created in 2004 as a partnership between" Brookline High School "and the town's mental-health center."
To date, "the program has worked with more than 200 teens after they were hospitalized for depression or other long-term medical issues," as "social workers and a classroom aide help the students to make the transition...back into the mainstream."
Currently, "a pending budget amendment before the state Legislature would give $75,000 grants to help continue" similar "programs and start them at other high schools, said state Representative Ellen Story (D- Amherst)." According to Rep. Story, however, "budget constraints would make it difficult to pass the amendment this year."
Posted by admin at March 30, 2009 05:30 PM