Majority of kids stressed out, TDSB report says
Posted February 12, 2013 3:15 pm.
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A report from the Toronto District School Board suggests a strong need to better support students’ social and emotional well-being.
TDSB officials said the census is a wake-up call since 73 per cent of high school students and 59 per cent of grades seven and eight are worried about their future.
Sixty-six per cent of high school students said they’re under stress often or sometimes.
One in three high school students said they feel like crying.
Support services manager Dave Johnston said this is not simply teenage angst.
“I think the census reflects that, we have some students who are very much impacted and others that carry around something every day that maybe we have to help them learn how to deal with,” Johnston said.
Almost 90 per cent of the student population took part in the survey.
The results will help the board with future programs and develop a mental health strategy it hopes to have in place by September.
This was the first time the board surveyed its students on mental health issues.
