Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill into law that allows marriage and family therapists to work directly in schools.
Its an effort many have been pushing for since Wisconsin recognized the profession more than 50 years ago, said Amanda Anderson, chair of the Wisconsin Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.
Under the new law, schools can hire marriage and family therapists to work on a regular basis with students on campus, which not only removes the middle man, but the economic barriers associated with counseling. The onus will no longer fall on parents to pay for these counseling services, since the therapists would be on the schools payroll and services would be provided through the schools.
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