Name: Lila McCormick

Social Justice Group: 2022-2023, Mental Health and Teens (Covid, Access to Mental Health Care/Health Care)

Date of Fieldwork: January 20, 2023

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Ty Beauchamp (HS/MS Pyschologist at LREI), Joanne Sciarrone (LREI HS Counseler), andAndy (an intern working with the LREI Mental Health team).

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

On January 20th, me and my group met with Ty, Joanne, and Andy at the LREI High School. They are three of the psychologists at the LREI High School and Middle school. We spoke to them about their experience with how mental health presents itself in schools. We were curious about many things, such as how we can help those around us struggling with mental health, or what issues they see impact teens the most.
The discussion was extremely interesting and taught me a lot about how professionals handle adolescents who are struggling with their mental health. I learned more about how extremely common it is for teens to be dealing with these issues, and what resources our school provides for it. It was especially interesting to hear about the factors of mental health issues, such as lack of sleep and social media. I think that these are something that affects almost all teens and it really put it into perspective when we had professionals speak to us about it. In conclusion, this was a very informative interview that definitely shined light on the struggles that teens face in terms of their mental health.