The effects of the pandemic and the Almeda Fire are still impacting the children in the Rogue Valley. A new Lang Family Mental Health Fund will support the mental health of students in the Ashland, Talent, and Phoenix communities.
Diane Berry, a student counselor and child development specialist with the Ashland School District, joins the Exchange along with Britt Humphrey, a development specialist and Clinical Care Coordinator at Willow Wind School, to discuss the challenges students face in dealing with the simultaneous impact of both a global pandemic and the worst wildfire in southern Oregon history.