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Education Review Office Release An Independent Evaluation Report

“We have found that counselling in primary schools can make a real difference. Eight in 10 students report improvements to their mental health after receiving counselling.”

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Counselling in Schools – Awhi Mai Awhi Atu - latest research

The Education Review Office (ERO) looked at the effectiveness of Counselling in Schools, how well it reached the students it is targeted at, the impact it had, and some lessons for counselling programmes in the future. Quick Read (PDF download).

They found that counselling improves students’ mental health, and also saw some encouraging signs of improved learning and wellbeing more widely. 

“We have found that counselling in primary schools can make a real difference. Eight in 10 students report improvements to their mental health after receiving counselling.”

Skylight has Counsellors providing support in twenty-nine schools in Aotearoa.

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