IL YOUTH SURVEY AND 2024 STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING RECOMMENDATIONS
- Awake IL Media
- Jan 19, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 20
JUNE 2025 UPDATE: In light of the latest mental health screening bill SB1560, this 2024 blog post is being reshared as background for the mental health screenings that could be coming to a school near you. If you choose to turn over your child's mental health to a school, you need to know who is involved in this agenda: Non government organizations and data-mining for profit survey companies like Panorama.
SHARE with your parent networks.
KNOW YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS. Ask the school principal for the mental health screening opt out process/forms and submit our PDF forms as supplement.
On Friday January 19, 2024, Awake IL President Shannon Adcock shared information and resources on the IL Youth Survey and Illinois' plans for a K-12 student mental health screening program.
Watch the recording in its entirety to understand the resource links and implications of the topics discussed. Timestamps of presentation with quick links are listed below. Click here or scroll down for the presentation slides and links. SHARE with your school leadership and community networks.
KEY TAKE AWAYS:
Click here or graphic below to download the list of participating schools.
Download OPT OUT FORM HERE.
The IL Youth Survey may be administered to middle and high school students and public AND private schools. The survey asks very invasive questions about gender, drug use, suicide and family dynamic. The data is collected by a University of IL research team. OPT OUT is available for all parents.
The new mental health screening is a government expansion program being phased in this Fall 2024. With ESSER funds expiring in Sept. 2024, the timing of this roll out is interesting. There are many red flags in the build up to this program and parents and school leadership need transparent discussions with all stakeholders. This mental health screening is illustrative of the (worrisome) CDC W.S.C.C. model known as whole school, whole community, whole child where schools and communities become robust government networks and healthcare settings.
If you are a clinical social worker who has concerns with this program and would like to speak publicly on this issue, please contact us at media@awakeIL.com
LIVESTREAM PRESENTATION SEGMENTS:
02:15 What is the IL Youth Survey?
04:55 8th Grade Survey Questions (gender, drugs, habits)
12:17 High School Survey Questions (gender, drugs, suicide, gambling)
14:15 Where does the survey data go?
16:25 Survey Opt Out
19:00 What is the new mental heath law?
20:22 Governor Pritzker's 2022 "Transformation Initiative"
21:39 Gender Ideology partnerships and red flags
24:27 February 2023 Blueprint for Transformation
28:24 Senate Bill 0724 passed August 2023
29:45 2023 Government Memo to roll out mental health screenings
31:05 What tools are used for mental health screenings?
34:25 Parental rights and opt out
36:25 Closing Considerations
42:10 Mandate vs Recommendation
42:53 Clinical Perspectives
46:02 WSCC Model Concerns and Information
LIVESTREAM PRESENTATION SEGMENTS:
02:15 What is the IL Youth Survey?
04:55 8th Grade Survey Questions (gender, drugs, habits)
12:17 High School Survey Questions (gender, drugs, suicide, gambling)
14:15 Where does the survey data go?
16:25 Survey Opt Out
19:00 What is the new mental heath law?
20:22 Governor Pritzker's 2022 "Transformation Initiative"
21:39 Gender Ideology partnerships and red flags
24:27 February 2023 Blueprint for Transformation
28:24 Senate Bill 0724 passed August 2023
29:45 2023 Government Memo to roll out mental health screenings
31:05 What tools are used for mental health screenings?
34:25 Parental rights and opt out
36:25 Closing Considerations
42:10 Mandate vs Recommendation
42:53 Clinical Perspectives
46:02 WSCC Model Concerns and Information