Meeting Students’ Needs for Emotional Support

A new survey finds that a large percentage of students don’t feel that they have an adult to turn to at school when they’re troubled.

By Zi Jia Ng

Only 55 percent of elementary school students (grades three through five), 42 percent of middle school students, and 40 percent of high school students in the United States have an adult at school they can talk to when they feel upset or stressed, according to a survey of more than 200,000 students across 20 different states. At every age, students benefit from a hand to hold, an ear to listen, and a heart to understand them.

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