We don't have time for mental health: teachers

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated May 5 2015 - 4:08pm, first published May 4 2015 - 12:15am
Principal Marianne Siokos with  students Jamila Scammell,16, Indiana Eck, 15, Ksenia Vasik, 15, and Mind Matters' Rebecca Stephens.  Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Principal Marianne Siokos with students Jamila Scammell,16, Indiana Eck, 15, Ksenia Vasik, 15, and Mind Matters' Rebecca Stephens. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Principal Marianne Siokos with  students Jamila Scammell,16, Indiana Eck, 15, Ksenia Vasik, 15, and Mind Matters' Rebecca Stephens.  Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Principal Marianne Siokos with students Jamila Scammell,16, Indiana Eck, 15, Ksenia Vasik, 15, and Mind Matters' Rebecca Stephens. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Principal Marianne Siokos with  students Jamila Scammell,16, Indiana Eck, 15, Ksenia Vasik, 15, and Mind Matters' Rebecca Stephens.  Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Principal Marianne Siokos with students Jamila Scammell,16, Indiana Eck, 15, Ksenia Vasik, 15, and Mind Matters' Rebecca Stephens. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Principal Marianne Siokos with  students Jamila Scammell,16, Indiana Eck, 15, Ksenia Vasik, 15, and Mind Matters' Rebecca Stephens.  Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Principal Marianne Siokos with students Jamila Scammell,16, Indiana Eck, 15, Ksenia Vasik, 15, and Mind Matters' Rebecca Stephens. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Principal Marianne Siokos with students Jamila Scammell,16, Indiana Eck, 15, Ksenia Vasik, 15, and Mind Matters' Rebecca Stephens. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Principal Marianne Siokos with students Jamila Scammell,16, Indiana Eck, 15, Ksenia Vasik, 15, and Mind Matters' Rebecca Stephens. Photo: Dallas Kilponen

Half of the country's teachers believe that they have no time to focus on the mental health of students, a nationwide survey of teachers has found.

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