Mental Health Care and Safeguarding for.

Mental Health Care for Students

1. SAFEGUARDING EDUCATION: Bridging the Gaps in Referral System in Mental Health Services for Suicide Preventions

2. DepEd requires basic education schools 1 Guidance Counselor for every 500 students, However, t he Philippines has only  4,069  Registered Guidance Counselors as of June 2022, clearly, with 27.4 million elementary and high school students, the desired ratio of 1:500 Guidance Counselor to students is far from being met. According to a Study in 2022 of Philippine Association of Registered Guidance Counselor

3. Connect and Collaborate

4. Advocate

5. Recognize Signs

6. Engage

7. R ecognizing warning signs of Suicide

8. A ssesing thru the use of C-SSRS

9. C onvincing Student to get help

10. HOW TO HELP Hasten Encourage Listen Pacify

11. E entrusting to Counselor