Here at Summit Shasta, many students do not get the mental care that they need and are unable to learn healthy ways to deal with stress and mental illness.
A study by the American Psychological Association regarding Stress in America of over a thousand students and over two thousand adults from all over the country showed that, “Teens' average stress level was 5.8 out of 10 during the school year and 4.6,” during the summer, while, “Adults reported average levels of 5.1 in the past month.” On top of that, due to the stress they felt, “40% of teens report feeling irritable or angry; 36% nervous or anxious” (Jayson).
Students are more stressed during the school year than adults, which had negative effects on those teens. The reason for students’ …show more content…
However, only 25% of the people surveyed reported that they receive help for a mental illness.
A survey done of a fifth of the students at Summit Shasta reported that while more than a fourth of students have been officially diagnosed with a mental illness, exactly a quarter of students receive help for their mental illness. Not every student who has mental illness is receiving help for it, and there are likely still students who have not yet received official diagnoses. While the amount of students diagnosed should be the exact same number as students who are receiving treatment, that is not so. Students need to be able to access mental health care readily, and so Summit Shasta should have …show more content…
Emotional intelligence is defined by Google as being, “the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one's emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically.” While these are skills commonly taught to students by counselors, our teachers do not have the same qualifications that a counselor would. Additionally, while mentors are meant to be support system for a student, they fill an academic position, rather than a psychological one.
As shown, professional counselors require additional training, whilst teachers are not required to have these same qualifications.
A website detailing the requirement for becoming a counselor listed the academic requirements. To be a school counselor, one must have a master’s degree or higher “in counseling from a regionally accredited university” and they also “must have a minimum of 48 semester or 72 quarter hours of graduate-level academic credits in counseling” (National Certified
A study by the American Psychological Association regarding Stress in America of over a thousand students and over two thousand adults from all over the country showed that, “Teens' average stress level was 5.8 out of 10 during the school year and 4.6,” during the summer, while, “Adults reported average levels of 5.1 in the past month.” On top of that, due to the stress they felt, “40% of teens report feeling irritable or angry; 36% nervous or anxious” (Jayson).
Students are more stressed during the school year than adults, which had negative effects on those teens. The reason for students’ …show more content…
However, only 25% of the people surveyed reported that they receive help for a mental illness.
A survey done of a fifth of the students at Summit Shasta reported that while more than a fourth of students have been officially diagnosed with a mental illness, exactly a quarter of students receive help for their mental illness. Not every student who has mental illness is receiving help for it, and there are likely still students who have not yet received official diagnoses. While the amount of students diagnosed should be the exact same number as students who are receiving treatment, that is not so. Students need to be able to access mental health care readily, and so Summit Shasta should have …show more content…
Emotional intelligence is defined by Google as being, “the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one's emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically.” While these are skills commonly taught to students by counselors, our teachers do not have the same qualifications that a counselor would. Additionally, while mentors are meant to be support system for a student, they fill an academic position, rather than a psychological one.
As shown, professional counselors require additional training, whilst teachers are not required to have these same qualifications.
A website detailing the requirement for becoming a counselor listed the academic requirements. To be a school counselor, one must have a master’s degree or higher “in counseling from a regionally accredited university” and they also “must have a minimum of 48 semester or 72 quarter hours of graduate-level academic credits in counseling” (National Certified