{"id":3887,"date":"2019-09-27T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-clark-introduce-mental-health-care-legislation-for-every-student-in-america\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:23","slug":"merkley-clark-introduce-mental-health-care-legislation-for-every-student-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-clark-introduce-mental-health-care-legislation-for-every-student-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley y Clark presentan legislaci\u00f3n sobre atenci\u00f3n de la salud mental para todos los estudiantes de Estados Unidos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subscriber-preview\">\n<p>El senador dem\u00f3crata estadounidense Jeff Merkley y la congresista Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) presentaron la Ley de Consejer\u00eda para Escuelas Primarias y Secundarias la semana pasada para brindar servicios de salud mental en las escuelas de todo Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>La legislaci\u00f3n se introdujo despu\u00e9s de la Semana Nacional de Prevenci\u00f3n del Suicidio. El noventa por ciento de los j\u00f3venes que se suicidaron ten\u00edan una enfermedad mental, seg\u00fan un comunicado de prensa de la oficina de Merkley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cLa atenci\u00f3n de la salud mental es atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica esencial, punto final. Pero cuando me re\u00fano con educadores de todo Oreg\u00f3n, una de las principales preocupaciones que escucho es que nuestras escuelas no reciben los fondos que necesitan para brindar los servicios de asesoramiento que los estudiantes merecen\u201d, dijo Merkley en una declaraci\u00f3n preparada. \u201cEso es inaceptable y est\u00e1 poniendo en riesgo la vida de nuestros ni\u00f1os. Ahora es el momento de que el Congreso se comprometa a garantizar que todos los ni\u00f1os en los Estados Unidos tengan acceso a una atenci\u00f3n de salud mental de calidad\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tncms-region-article_instory_top\" class=\"tncms-region hidden-print\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Una nueva ley de Oreg\u00f3n, firmada por la gobernadora Kate Brown en agosto, permite a los estudiantes tomar d\u00edas de salud mental sin correr el riesgo de una ausencia injustificada. Utah promulg\u00f3 una ley similar el a\u00f1o pasado.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Un informe de la Autoridad de Salud de Oreg\u00f3n revel\u00f3 que la tasa de suicidios de Oreg\u00f3n alcanz\u00f3 un r\u00e9cord en 2017 cuando 825 personas se suicidaron. El suicidio es la segunda causa principal de muerte entre los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n entre 15 y 24 a\u00f1os, y el tercer caso principal de muerte entre los ni\u00f1os de Oreg\u00f3n entre 5 y 14 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Las enfermedades mentales afectan al 20% de la juventud estadounidense y aproximadamente la mitad de todos los casos de enfermedades mentales de por vida comienzan a los 14 a\u00f1os. M\u00e1s de un tercio de los estudiantes con enfermedades mentales abandonan la escuela.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cSabemos que para que los ni\u00f1os tengan \u00e9xito, las escuelas no pueden basarse \u00fanicamente en los puntajes de los ex\u00e1menes\u201d, dijo Clark en un comunicado de prensa. \u201cDebemos invertir directamente en enfermeras escolares, trabajadores sociales y consejeros que son fundamentales para promover la salud y el bienestar a largo plazo de nuestros ni\u00f1os. La escuela debe ser un lugar donde todos los ni\u00f1os se sientan seguros y apoyados\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Los j\u00f3venes con acceso a servicios de salud mental en las escuelas tienen diez veces m\u00e1s probabilidades de buscar atenci\u00f3n, seg\u00fan un comunicado de prensa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>La proporci\u00f3n recomendada de estudiantes por consejero es de 250 estudiantes por consejero, pero actualmente, el promedio nacional es de 455 estudiantes por consejero, seg\u00fan un comunicado de prensa. Para los psic\u00f3logos escolares, la relaci\u00f3n recomendada es de 500 a 700 estudiantes por proveedor y de 250 a 1 para los trabajadores sociales escolares.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>El senador estadounidense Ron Wyden, quien copatrocina el proyecto de ley, dijo en un comunicado de prensa que el promedio de Oreg\u00f3n es de 511 estudiantes por consejero.<\/p>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cEstudiantes, maestros y consejeros de Oreg\u00f3n me dicen cu\u00e1nto necesitan los j\u00f3venes que enfrentan desaf\u00edos en el hogar y en el sal\u00f3n de clases un mejor acceso a la atenci\u00f3n de la salud mental en las escuelas\u201d, dijo Wyden en el comunicado de prensa. \u201cEste proyecto de ley proporcionar\u00eda ese acceso al apoyar los esfuerzos de las escuelas para tener proporciones de consejero por estudiante que se reconozcan como esenciales para una buena salud mental. Siempre luchar\u00e9 para garantizar que la salud mental se trate con la misma seriedad que la salud f\u00edsica\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>La Ley de Consejer\u00eda para Escuelas Primarias y Secundarias abordar\u00eda esto proporcionando subvenciones a los estados para garantizar que todas las escuelas puedan cumplir con las proporciones recomendadas de consejero por alumno. Merkley y Clark solicitan una autorizaci\u00f3n inicial de $5 mil millones para el primer a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>El proyecto de ley lleva el mismo nombre que una ley similar que fue financiada por No Child Left Behind. La legislaci\u00f3n recientemente introducida proporcionar\u00eda fondos para todas las escuelas, donde el proyecto de ley anterior requer\u00eda una solicitud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Si se aprueba, el proyecto de ley establecer\u00eda dos programas de subvenciones renovables de 5 a\u00f1os, donde los estados recibir\u00edan no menos de $1 millones como base para proporcionar salud mental adicional en las escuelas. La financiaci\u00f3n federal adicional se basar\u00eda en las necesidades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) introduced the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act last week to provide school-based mental health services in schools across America. The legislation was introduced after National Suicide Prevention Week. 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