{"id":404,"date":"2012-05-24T12:49:01","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T12:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/mental-health-report-highlights-folly-of-cutting-school-guidance-counsellors-deputy-sean-crowe\/"},"modified":"2012-05-24T12:49:01","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T12:49:01","slug":"mental-health-report-highlights-folly-of-cutting-school-guidance-counsellors-deputy-sean-crowe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/mental-health-report-highlights-folly-of-cutting-school-guidance-counsellors-deputy-sean-crowe\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Report highlights folly of cutting School Guidance Counsellors \u2013 Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Mental Health Report highlights folly of cutting School Guidance Counsellors \u2013 Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Sinn F\u00e9in Education Spokesperson Se\u00e1n Crowe believes the findings of a survey on young people\u2019s mental health highlights the dangers of forcing schools to drop their guidance counsellor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Deputy Crowe said: \u201cThe My World Survey by youth mental health advocacy and support organisation Headstrong and the UCD School of Psychology highlights the folly of forcing schools to drop their guidance counsellors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u201cThe report shows that if young people are unable to confide in a reliable adult there is an increased likelihood of self-harm, suicide and higher levels of depression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u201c6,000 school-going young people aged 12-19 as well as 8,000 young adults aged 17-25 who were in third-level, training courses, unemployed and employed were surveyed and examined to ascertain the distress, problems and risk factors they encountered. It found that being able to speak to a responsible adult helped address mental health issues, depression and anxiety. Encouraging at risk young people to talk was seen as very important so that issues can be identified and addressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u201cThe Government\u2019s decision earlier in the year to no longer provide School Guidance Counsellors on an ex-quota basis removes a vital support to vulnerable young people.<strong> <\/strong>This short-sighted policy fails to recognise how counsellors provide a professional counselling service to students at a fraction of the cost of other state funded services. It is a service that represents exceptional value for money as they provide a wide range of supports for students who might otherwise have to wait for up to 2 years before being seen by outside agencies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u201cAdult services fail to adequately deal with young people and the gap in services will widen further now that School Guidance Counsellors have been targeted by Government cuts,\u201d concluded Deputy Crowe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental Health Report highlights folly of cutting School Guidance Counsellors \u2013 Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe Sinn F\u00e9in Education Spokesperson Se\u00e1n Crowe believes the findings of a survey on young people\u2019s mental health highlights the dangers of forcing schools to drop their guidance counsellor. 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