X-Series Primer: The Dark Side of "Whole Child" Education and School-Based Mental Health Programs

The dangers of seeing school children as patients, not pupils

In this installment of the X-Series Primer on Unregulated Behavioral Health in Schools, a look at the darker side of an educational philosophy that sees patients instead of pupils.

Proponents of school-based mental health almost never fail to cite the advantages of using schools for these programs include proximity to children that "reduces barriers to a…