The HKA counselling team offers both proactive support through the wellbeing curriculum, and reactive support with individuals or small groups when needed.
Proactive
Through our comprehensive and robust counselling and wellbeing program, we educate all students from PreK to Gr12 in an age-appropriate approach on how to identify their underlying stressors and the personalised actions they might take to mitigate their anxiety and stress. It is important to note that some anxiety and stress is helpful, but when it interferes negatively with performance then this is when we want our students to take action.
We also ensure that students develop a robust support network, including identified trusted adults, and teach them to know when to seek out adults for additional help.
Reactive
We have 4 counsellors throughout HKA who can meet individually or in small groups with students to provide more intensive support when students are feeling overwhelmed or going through challenging times.
