The pandemic has been so bad for children’s mental health that desperate parents are turning to special education for help
The COVID-19 pandemic has sent Heidi Whitney’s daughter into a tailspin. Suddenly, the San Diego middle schooler was sleeping all day and waking up all night. When in-person classes resumed, she was sometimes so anxious that she begged to come home early, telling the nurse she had a stomach ache. Whitney tried to keep her …