The report is based on the results of a survey of more than 1,200 principals at approximately 1,000 Ontario public schools.
Only 9 per cent said they have regularly scheduled access to a mental health/addiction specialist or nurse, while 46 per cent said they have no access at all. Just over half of participating elementary schools and 64 per cent of secondary schools reported collaborating with local mental health organizations.
“ could provide advice on policies, programs, coordination of services, and funding to address the currently increasing demands for mental health and well-being supports across Ontario’s publicly funded schools,” Annie Kidder, PFE’s founder and executive director, said in a release. Kidder said on a school level PFE has been calling for “more focus early on, on helping kids to understand their feelings, their emotions, their relationships, even understanding when they need to go and ask for help.”
“This isn't just an education problem. It's a problem for all of us. This is our next generation here and they appear to be really struggling so I'm saddened by that, and by the fact that I'm not sure we're taking it as seriously as we should be.” “The government must expand school-based resources, supports, and services to meet the growing mental health and well-being needs of students and educators in every region across Ontario. Those who live in rural communities deserve the same access to services as those who live in Toronto.”
Speaking with CP24 early Monday afternoon, Brown said she is not surprised to see the result of this latest study as challenges to meet mental health needs have long existed in schools, and have been “exasperated” by the pandemic. The learning gap that students are trying to address is being further challenged, she said, as educators are being pulled in so many directions due to the lack of mental health supports leaving families to pick up the slack and in turn adding to the stress of the situation.During Question Period on Monday morning, Ottawa West-Nepean MPP Chandra Pasma asked the speaker of the house why the Minister of Education is not providing the mental health supports needed in all of the province’s schools.
Society isn't the problem technology is. We didn't have these issues 20 years ago because we were raised to deal with them not make them an online contagion.
It’s never going to get better! If you send your children to public school, you are willingly sending them to a toxic abusive environment to be neglected! It’s your responsibility as a parent to ensure you actually have a safe environment to send your kids to.
Yea. Young ones are wildin'
The education system needs to stay in their lane and concentrate on reading, writing and arithmetic.
And they need tools to close learning gaps … this too is leading to mental health issues - where do we go for help Sflecce
The problem with mental health issues in students? Its teachers & 'experts' constantly telling students they have mental health issues
This isn’t an “Ontario only” problem. It’s across the board. Students just aren’t provided any mental health support in general.
The schools need to start disciplining children regardless of skin color.
Where did everything all go wrong .
u sure this is Ontario looks like in Asia to me
Ya!!! We got a bunch of dudes who think they’re women, a bunch actors pretending to be journalists, and a bunch of sociopaths in government.
If they stop hiring crazy far-left groomers the average mental health of both educators and students would skyrocket.
Mental health is just something that the leftists made up to get more money.
No. Teachers need people to teach new students to have respect. Mostly for female teachers. Certain people teach their children to view and treat females disrespectfully. Females are lower than dog poop according to their customs.
The liberals and GovCanHealth just expanded the MAID program for Mental Health issues 🤡🇨🇦 CanadaIsBroken
Let’s blame everything on mental health. Good lord!
No they do not. People don’t realize how much money is wasted on these services that these kids barely use. Put the money towards something more productive
Our government and schools support the decline in mental health by promoting fairy tales such as gender fluidity.
Stop Lockdowns Simple
They need to be freed from their communist teachers. They need to be freed from constant woke oppression. Suffer not a communist to live.
horse manure
HAN DONG
Agree, you can see it within society - mental health issues are not being addressed as they should. Drugs are not the only answer.
First they need more responsible, caring, hands-on parenting or no amount of counsrlling will help
educators have best health coverage on the planet! what more can they possibly need?
Lecce's remarks that MH spending has increased by 420% only ends up being a total of $90M which only abouts to about $40 per student or about $1000 per class. Yet all it really amounts to is a few PowerPoint presentations and some posters from KidsHelpPhone or SMHO. 😥
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Maybe our schools need to stop trying to be everything to everyone.
Drugs are effective but only if gender reassignment fails to produce euphoria .
They need more mental health supports because the government completely ruined an entire generation for profit
When CMHA is receiving a less than 2% increase in funding from federal government we have a problem. Such hypocrites
Who’s paying for this S*? Oh yeah our taxes. Now I’m the one that needs mental health support 🤡😂🤡😂
The entire country needs better access to metal health care. There I fixed your freaking headline
Ontario people need family doctors... This is the first problem...
Wokeness and its war on merit in schools is doing tremendous damage. Also consequences are not enforced anymore. 😔😔😔😔
Constant lockdowns preventing proper education, away from their peers, depressing setting in from kids being lonely from non interactions, and stupid vaccine mandates caused it.
But sflecce has invested so much into it 😂😂😂😂 heisaliar onted FireLecce
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