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Jan. 9, 2023 – These developments drew new attention to a worsening situation, yet concrete strategies for improving youth mental health are often missing from the discussion, notes Assistant Professor of School Counseling (M.S.) Cameka Hazel, Ed.D. “One of those strategies should be expanded access to school counseling,” she writes in an op-ed in Salon.
School counselors are trained to help K-12 students reach their goals by addressing academic, career development, emotional, and social challenges. Their skillset goes beyond assisting students with navigating classroom conflicts and college readiness; they also are trained to recognize mental health warning signs. And yet they remain all too uncommon.
