Iowa Lawmakers Visit Ottumwa High to Observe Mental Health Support
The Ottumwa School District showcased its innovative Brain Room, a mental health support space for students and staff, to Iowa legislators. During the visit, students shared personal stories about the program’s positive impact, while lawmakers discussed strategies to expand its reach and sustain its benefits statewide.
Bettendorf High School to open Brain Health Retreat Room
Bettendorf High School leads the Quad Cities with the first Brain Health Retreat Room, offering a safe space for students and staff to decompress and access mental health support. Discover how this innovative initiative is paving the way for emotional well-being in the community.
House and Senate unanimously passed and signed Resolution Bill #102.
The bill states, in its advocacy and entirety that "brain health" is recognized language as it pertains to the reduction of stigma and movement to use the language of "brain health" synonymously with the terms mental health, behavioral health, and mental illness.
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“Negative Stigma connected to mental health is not helpful to those who suffer from it or for those who are closest to those who suffer.”
Iowa Representative randy Feenstra (IA-04) supports brain health at the capitol.
"I want to thank the brain health initiative for giving me a simple but brilliant invitation to change my language."
"I believe that changing your language changes your mindset, changes your results and the impact you can have in our world. This simple invitation was to stop using the language ‘mental health’ and instead start using the language ‘brain health’, and I believe that that language change will be vital to igniting a revolution."
