Talking Mental Health with a pair of professionals tied in with the McDonell School System. Andrea Hess with Oakleaf and Ruthann Proue, a school counselor discuss mental health systems within the McDonell Schools

• What is the school district providing? The importance of being proactive with programming

• Even with proactive approaches, sometimes mental crisis does happen, and what resources are there

• There are more issues now than before (and no, it’s not just because of COVID but instead deeper than that)

• Why communication between kids and their adults is important

• Lastly, shifting gears, Andrea discusses “Domestic Church” and what this program is that she is involved in.