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New Gaggle Webinar Features Dr. Drew Pinsky, Dr. Lisa Strohman on Children's Mental Health Crisis Post-COVID


Student safety company Gaggle recently partnered with AASA: The School Superintendents Association to convene a webinar examining the state of K-12 student mental health and the unique struggles today's children are facing.

The webinar featured insights from prominent internist and addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky (widely known as "Dr. Drew") and Dr. Lisa Strohman, recognized child psychologist and the founder and CEO of Digital Citizen Academy.

Both doctors were responding to the data provided by Gaggle in its latest annual report, "The State of Student Safety," which spotlighted the troubling trends in student mental wellness during the 2020-21 academic year, including:

Dr. Drew discussed the concerns he had at the outset of the pandemic around putting children in lockdown and giving them unfettered access to the Internet without guardrails, noting that he and Dr. Strohman worried this would result in serious mental wellness issues for children. Their fears were recently confirmed when the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Children's Hospital Association declared a national emergency in children's mental health, citing the severe ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic and related challenges.

"Thank you to Gaggle, because we have been relying on the presentations and data they have [been providing] to keep us really right up to the moment with what's actually going on?that substantiat[ed] our instincts with what is actually going on," Dr. Drew said. "It's just uncanny how the access [to drugs and other unsafe situations] through the screens and social media have made things so profoundly dangerous."

Dr. Strohman echoed Dr. Drew's comments, noting, "The work that Gaggle does is really important because we're able to have eyes on [kids] and intervene earlier" before a child is in the throes of addiction or other dire circumstances. "Kudos to a program like Gaggle who can come in and shut that down early on?before there's legal, psychological, and emotional [consequences]," she said.

"All this extraordinarily stimulating material online?we don't fully yet know the full effect on brain development. Suffice it to say, it doesn't look good," Dr. Drew added, stressing the enormous psychological effects children are dealing with in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic combined with unregulated access to the Internet.

"Paint the picture: You are a developing individual with a developing brain, and you are hearing from every device that's in your household that there is a world-ending event that is going to take and destroy your family. [Kids] can't process what they're hearing except the panic porn that is out there as a massive threat to their family and their wellbeing," Dr. Drew said.

To watch the full webinar, click here. To learn more about Gaggle, visit www.gaggle.net.

About Gaggle | www.gaggle.net

Since 1999, Gaggle has been the leader in helping K-12 districts manage student safety on school-provided technology. Using a powerful combination of artificial intelligence and trained safety experts, the safety solution proactively assists districts 24/7/365 in the prevention of student suicide, bullying, inappropriate behaviors, school violence, and other harmful situations. Most importantly, Gaggle continues to help hundreds of districts avoid tragedies and save lives, while also protecting their liability. During the 2020?21 academic year, Gaggle helped districts save the lives of 1,408 students who were planning or actively attempting suicide. For more information, visit www.gaggle.net and follow Gaggle on Twitter at @Gaggle_K12.


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