Advocates Call for NJ to Implement Universal Mental Health Screening for High School Students

By P. Kenneth Burns | WHYY

Published October 5, 2022 at 12:20 PM EDT

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Email

Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio

Emeline Kovac, a junior at Bordentown Regional High School, was in a pilot group for the SBIRT program at her school. She says the program allowed her to get the help she needed to focus in school and be more motivated overall. Her principal, Robert Walder, and Nell Geiger, a SAC Counselor at the school, look on.

P. Kenneth Burns

Advocates in New Jersey are urging the Legislature to advance a bill that would provide universal screening of high school students for mental health and substance misuse. WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports.

(Original air-date: 10/5/22)