Student distress
Most students will have moments of distress during their study.
Think about the students you interact with in a typical day. Like all of us, each of them is sitting somewhere along this wellbeing continuum at any given time. Students move along this continuum depending on the demands they’re facing, their coping skills, and the supports available to them. If a student spends too long in the continuum areas of ‘significant distress’ they might be experiencing a mental health condition. 1 in 4 students will experience a mental health condition during their study.
Click the points on the continuum below to read about the experience of students at different levels of distress and wellbeing
*Learning Institution* wants to create an environment that assists students to have healthy functioning. This course is designed to build capability in staff to recognise and respond when students start moving along the continuum towards severe distress. However, it’s not a staff member’s role to diagnose the cause of their distress, but simply to notice the signs and encourage the student to connect with professional support.
