Katelyn Cordero – Poughkeepsie Journal USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 2/15/21 on page A4
Brittany Cruickshank has noticed a change in her students over the past 11 months.
The Pine Plains social worker said she’s seeing heightened anxiety, depression and difficulty with maintaining focus.
In the past, her students may have used a two-hour practice with a team as a way to decompress, or an afterschool gathering with friends.
But when restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools into remote learning last March, creating an unfamiliar educational environment, students were also denied some of those coping mechanisms, further encouraging feelings of isolation.