{"id":13199,"date":"2023-09-07T18:25:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T23:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/impacting-mental-health-beyond-school-walls\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T08:55:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:55:39","slug":"impacting-mental-health-beyond-school-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/impacting-mental-health-beyond-school-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Impacting Mental Health Beyond School Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22239 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cheryl-Phillips-268x300.webp\" alt=\"Cheryl Phillips\" width=\"132\" height=\"148\" \/>Our primary goal as educators is to help our kids learn. However, sometimes there may be something going on in their life that interferes with their ability to learn. 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