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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5722/A1.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Schools Struggle to Meet Students' Mental Health Needs' data-article-id='6325'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8000'>School systems across the United States have struggled to find workers to deal with students’ mental health needs. </span> <span data-start-time='8000' data-end-time='15708'>Mental health problems among students have worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic began.</span> <span data-start-time='15708' data-end-time='31542'>Chalkbeat found that among 18 of the country’s largest school districts, 12 started the school year this autumn with fewer counselors or psychologists than they had in the fall of 2019.</span> <span data-start-time='31542' data-end-time='42229'>As a result, many school mental health professionals must work with a high number of cases that go beyond recommended limits, experts say. </span> <span data-start-time='42229' data-end-time='46750'>Many students are having to wait for urgently needed help.</span> <span data-start-time='46750' data-end-time='52708'>Some of the extra need for support has been taken by social workers. </span> <span data-start-time='52708' data-end-time='61042'>The number of social workers has grown by nearly 50 percent since before the pandemic, national data shows. </span> <span data-start-time='61042' data-end-time='69479'>But social workers have different training from other mental health professionals and have other responsibilities, too.</span> <span data-start-time='69479' data-end-time='75646'>School districts included in the research serve a combined 3 million students. </span> <span data-start-time='75646' data-end-time='82104'>They started the year with nearly 1,000 unfilled mental health positions.</span> <span data-start-time='82104' data-end-time='89104'>The Chalkbeat data is based on school staffing data received through open records requests.</span> <span data-start-time='89104' data-end-time='97125'>The 31 largest districts in the U.S. were questioned, but some did not measure or provide data.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5722/the_quality_or_state_of_being_excellent_or_superior.wav'><span>the quality or state of being excellent or superior</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5722/no_longer_existing.wav'><span>no longer existing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5722/comedy_stressing_farce_and_horseplay.wav'><span>comedy stressing farce and horseplay</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=19079 data-hint-location='46750' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5722/what_profession_has_taken_on_the_extra_need_for_support.wav'>What profession has taken on the extra need for support?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='social worker'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5722/forklift_driver.wav'><span>forklift driver</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5722/social_worker.wav'><span>social worker</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5722/social_media.wav'><span>social media</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5722/soda_jerk.wav'><span>soda jerk</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=19080 data-hint-location='69479' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5722/school_districts_included_in_the_research_serve_a_combined_3_million__blank__.wav'>School districts included in the research serve a combined 3 million <span class='blank'>students</span>. 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