Re: How Children Learn

From: Melissa Casteel
Email: casteelme@dist102.k12.il.us
Date: February 17, 2006

Comments

We talk a lot about mental health in our program and it seems that some parents are uncomfortable with topics like mental health and social emotional development. Cognitive development is something they feel safe discussing. Many of our parents associate mental health with being unstable and who wants to talk about being unstable. Educating parents and staff about these topics is one of our goals. We discuss being mentally healthy as something that is as important as being physically healthy.