Author: Tammy Nyden

I am a philosophy professor at Grinnell College and a Children's Mental Health Advocate. My research and teaching interests include Early Modern Philosophy, particularly Spinoza, and the History and Philosophy of Science. I am also interested in Children's mental health policy and its underlying epistemological and metaphysical assumptions.

An Open letter re: Iowa Senate File 479, for a Children’s Mental Health System

March 22, 2019

Dear Senator Edler (the Floor Manager for this bill) and the Iowa Senate, I am a parent of a child with serious mental illness and have served on the Children’s Mental Health and Wellness Work groups / Committees from 2015-2018 as well as the Iowa Mental Health Planning and Advisory Committee from 2014-2018. I want to thank … More An Open letter re: Iowa Senate File 479, for a Children’s Mental Health System

Seclusion and Restraint in Iowa Schools

March 5, 2019

As a children’s mental health advocate in Iowa, I often comment on proposed legislation, rule changes, etc. I have decided to share publicly through this blog recommendations that I make, concerns that I have, and other things that seem useful to document as we continue this long struggle for Children’s Mental Health Justice in Iowa.  … More Seclusion and Restraint in Iowa Schools