Let's Talk About Student Mental Health
Ask Students: Why are student mental health issues so prevalent? What are some of the strategies suggested for dealing with feelings of being overwhelmed?
Summary
As students across the country continue to experience the many changes the pandemic has brought, some are struggling to adjust to their “new normal.” As a part of NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs, student reporter Teri Bell followed up with school counselor Edith Porter at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Delaware, on her predictions for students’ mental health in 2022 and how to help them.
Student Mental Health: Discussion Questions
- Who is interviewed in this piece, and what is her background?
- What are some differences Edith Porter notices between last year and this year?
- Why are more students checking in with mental health services this year, according to Porter?
- How are many students struggling this year in school, according to Porter?
- What are some of the strategies Porter suggests for students dealing with feelings of being overwhelmed?
Focus Questions
- What have you found to be the best way to maintain your mental health during the two years of the COVID pandemic? What do you think is the best advice given in this piece?
- Media literacy: What do you think it adds to have a student interview the counselor in this piece?
Additional Resources
Find more mental health resources and lesson plans here. Then watch this story is from Student Reporting Labs’ special “Our New Normal”, which ran live Tuesday Jan. 25. You can watch the entire special here:
Republished with permission from PBS NewsHour Extra.
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