# @sjmagmedia on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca-oTgavhEm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/143237-sjmagmedia-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-03-11T21:26:49.000+00:00

## Caption

The pandemic-related decline in child and adolescent mental health has become a national emergency.

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Jadyn Brown, 16, has spent more than half of her high school experience at home staring at teachers through a computer screen. And as much as she’s grateful that school is back in person this year, it’s still far from normal.

“Right now we have a schedule where we are not in lunch because of the Covid cases,” says Jadyn, a junior at Eastern High School in Voorhees. “So I miss the idea of being around my friends and not having to be like, “Oh, what if this person has it?”

On top of that, she says it’s still a struggle to get up so early, make it to school on time and manage her demanding workload after so many sedentary months.

She’s far from the only kid still adjusting to in-person learning. School districts across South Jersey have made changes big and small to deal with a school population that’s far needier than in pre-pandemic days. The grief, anxiety and depression children have experienced during the pandemic is still affecting classrooms and hallways, resulting in more disruptive behavior, absenteeism and academic struggles. It’s so serious that last year, 3 major children’s health organizations – the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Children’s Hospital Association – declared that the pandemic-related decline in child and adolescent mental health has become a national emergency.

It’s got South Jersey educational experts raising alarm bells. Check out our Link in Bio to read more about going back to school during the pandemic.
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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| SJ Magazine | @Justsaysj | https://gondola.cc/Justsaysj | Magazine |
| Elyse Notarianni | @ElyseNotarianni | https://gondola.cc/ElyseNotarianni | Social Media Manager |

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