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Aspen Hope Center’s outreach efforts are critical to the Roaring Fork Valley nonprofit’s work specializing in mental health crises because it’s the people who don’t reach out for help or don’t know how to reach out who are most often left in the lurch, according to executive director Michelle Muething.
Aspen Hope Center’s outreach efforts are critical to the Roaring Fork Valley nonprofit’s work specializing in mental health crises because it’s the people who don’t reach out for help or don’t know how to reach out who are most often left in the lurch, according to executive director Michelle Muething.
If change is going to happen, it’s going to come from the kids. It doesn’t take long, talking to students who care deeply about the mental health of their peers and their community, to figure that out.
A student at Aspen High School learning in a socially-distanced classroom. “I feel the worst for these kids and the stuff that they’re not getting to do. I think our kids are the real heroes of this thing,” said district superintendent, Dave Baugh. Kim Zimmer / Aspen School District
For many of us, the ongoing pandemic has impacted our mental health in surprising ways, and this includes young people.
In the latest conversation from our “High Risk At High Altitude series, Aspen Public Radio talked with local behavioral intervention specialist Sonja Linman about what she’s learned from her work with local kids and their families.