Guidance counsellors say anxiety issues and lack of sleep mean more students are not attending classes
Career guidance counsellor Theresa Burke says she feels lucky that she has a supportive principal and management team. Photograph: Tom O'Hanlon
Mental health issues and anxiety are another factor, she says. Where a pupil has social anxiety, she says, they may turn up in the car with their parent at the school gates, but feel they can’t go inside.“I’ve noticed lately that more and more of the students I meet are struggling with their relationship with themselves. It manifests in things like anxiety, low self-esteem and lack of self-belief. All these things are very visible in a school environment,” she says.
Yet, teenage pupils have lost out on vital school counselling services following Budget spending cuts in 2012, which resulted in fewer hours being allocated to guidance across many schools. The institute wants a restoration of hours in schools for guidance counsellors to provide the required services for students, in consultation with school management. It says it is not sufficient to allocate “whole school” guidance counselling hours for principals to use as they wish.
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