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This story is part of a series on children’s mental health needs in New Orleans. Other installments in the series include:

With the help of school counseling, New Orleans family tackles mental disorders of three siblings
In New Orleans, a case study in how school, healthcare decentralization affect neediest children

NEW ORLEANS — Around the country, about one in five children suffer from a mental health disorder. In New Orleans, experts say that figure is higher, given the trauma induced by Hurricane Katrina and the city’s violence.

Having a mental illness makes it that much harder to concentrate in class. And, as the Hechinger Report and the Lens reported recently, many of these children struggle to find appropriate counseling and other services in the New Orleans schools and the broader community.

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Still, some of the city’s schools are doing what they can to help children with mental health needs.  Here’s a close look at how one charter operator, ReNEW Schools, is working with its most troubled students.

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Some New Orleans charters take extra steps to reach students with mental health needs

by Jessica Williams, The Hechinger Report
July 9, 2014

<h1>Some New Orleans charters take extra steps to reach students with mental health needs</h1>
<p class="byline">by Jessica Williams, The Hechinger Report <br />July 9, 2014</p>

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<h3>New Orleans</h3>
<p>This story is part of a series on children’s mental health needs in <a href="https://hechingerreport.org/category/special_reports/new-orleans/">New Orleans</a>. Other installments in the series include:</p>
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<li><a href="https://hechingerreport.org/content/help-school-counseling-new-orleans-family-tackles-mental-disorders-three-siblings_16615/">With the help of school counseling, New Orleans family tackles mental disorders of three siblings</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hechingerreport.org/content/new-orleans-case-study-school-health-care-decentralization-affect-neediest-children_16596/">In New Orleans, a case study in how school, healthcare decentralization affect neediest children</a></li>
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<p>NEW ORLEANS — Around the country, about one in five children suffer from a mental health disorder. In New Orleans, experts say that figure is higher, given the trauma induced by Hurricane Katrina and the city’s violence.</p>
<p>Having a mental illness makes it that much harder to concentrate in class. And<a href="https://hechingerreport.org/content/new-orleans-case-study-school-health-care-decentralization-affect-neediest-children_16596/">, as the <em>Hechinger Report</em> and the <em>Lens</em> reported recently</a>, many of these children struggle to find appropriate counseling and other services in the New Orleans schools and the broader community.</p>
<p>Still, some of the city’s schools are doing what they can to help children with mental health needs.  Here’s a close look at how one charter operator, ReNEW Schools, is working with its most troubled students.</p>
<p>You can listen to the story here:<audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-0-1" preload="none" style="width: 100%" controls="controls"><a href="https://hechingerreport.org/wp-content/uploads/WilliamsMENTALHEALTHJul2-1.mp3">https://hechingerreport.org/wp-content/uploads/WilliamsMENTALHEALTHJul2-1.mp3</a></audio></p>
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