Editorial Board: The types of mental health services and anti-bullying training that has been recommended for the Davis School District in the wake of Izzy Tichenor's death should be universal, in schools, universities, workplaces and families.
app. It offers a 24/7 connection to trained counselors who can respond to text messages or phone calls from young people who may be contemplating suicide or worried about someone else who might be, as well as reports of bullying., who died last November, points out other resources that should have been made available by her school, even if she and her family didn’t know what or who to ask, were missing.
Only after Izzy had died, the report said, did Foxboro staff properly document some of the family’s complaints. Andcalled in to look into what happened and how it could be prevented from happening again were troubled to hear educators seemed to feel each of the separate incidents was no big deal. That students should have thicker skin. That children with the kind of learning disability Izzy struggled with don’t even know when they are being insulted or bullied.
The panel also pointed out that Izzy’s family had been homeless for a time, a situation that only made the girl more emotionally vulnerable and may have led both students and teachers to complain that the girl smelled bad because she couldn’t bathe regularly. Issues of hygiene and appearance can be tied up in perceptions of racial prejudice, multiplying the potential harm.
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