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Now it’s a state of emergency,” said Amir Whitaker, policy counsel of the ACLU of Southern California.
“We were calling this a mental health crisis before the pandemic. That includes 22% who said they were receiving some kind of support before the closures but now have limited or no access to those services and an additional 32% who said their mental health needs have arisen since schools closed. More than half the students who responded to the survey said they’re in need of mental health support since the school closures began in mid-March.
The result is this website, published in conjunction with the Wisconsin School Counselor Association, which includes guidelines for how counselors should handle subjects like grief, anxiety and suicide prevention while campuses are closed.īut despite the efforts of school counseling staffs, many students in California still are not receiving the mental health services they need, according to a recent survey by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. They also have consulted mental health workers in China about how they served students during the coronavirus quarantine. Whitson’s group has sought advice from longtime counselors at online schools who have expertise providing mental health support via phone or internet talked to counselors in areas that have experienced wildfires for ideas about treating student trauma when families might not have access to the internet. Their parents might be newly unemployed, they might be falling behind academically, they can’t see their friends, or they might be trapped at home in an abusive family situation.įaced with soaring needs and limited options, counselors have been finding creative ways to reach students. Increasing numbers of students say they feel overwhelmed, and not just about the health of their family and friends due to the coronavirus. “In the Great Recession we were dealing with job loss, but now we’re facing job loss as well as widespread trauma.” “I’ve been at this a long time, and I’m scratching my head at how daunting this is,” said Loretta Whitson, executive director of the California Association of School Counselors. But what students need most right now - in-person support - is impossible to deliver, they said.
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School counselors, psychologists and social workers have been trying to help students virtually since campuses closed, listening to their struggles and offering advice on how to navigate the complex difficulties they’re facing. School closures were intended to keep students safe during the pandemic, but for many, it’s ushered in a different set of dangers: anxiety, depression and other serious mental health conditions.
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