Debate in parliament on school-based counselling services

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see specifically with the Right hon Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East, Labour) drawing on BACP-provided evidence that ‘Schools-based counselling is a proven intervention for children and young people experiencing psychological distress’. This specifically refers to findings of the ETHOS trial. Also from Will Quince, Parliamentary under-secretary of state for education, stating that ‘The guidance [DFE guidance on school counselling] sets out our strong expectation that, over time, all schools will offer counselling services, alongside other interventions, because evidence suggests that counselling can have a positive effect, in particular on children’s psychological distress, self-esteem and general wellbeing’.

This again was directly from our ETHOS findings.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-11-09/debates/829A71F8-C2BF-4333-A5AC-066C9DBDF98A/School-BasedCounsellingServices and https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-11-09/debates/8930AFD7-DA3B-41A0-881C-3EA7A73CD72C/School-BasedCounsellingServices
Period9 Nov 2021