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    School Counselors Have A Message For Kids: 'It's OK To Not Be OK'

    School counselors say the coronavirus pandemic has so destabilized kids' lives that the result is genuinely traumatic. And closed schools make it harder for counselors to help.
    by Cory Turner Apr 20, 2020 6 minutes
    Source: Janice Chang for NPR

    The high school senior sitting across from Franciene Sabens was in tears over the abrupt amputation of her social life and turmoil at home. Because of the coronavirus, there will be no prom, no traditional send-off or ceremony for the graduates of Carbondale Community High School in Carbondale, Ill. And Sabens, one of the school's counselors, could not give the girl the one thing Sabens' gut told her the teen needed most.

    "I want to hug them all, but I really wanted to hug that one," Sabens remembers.

    Instead of a desk between counselor and student, there were miles of Internet cable and a computer screen. No hug. No private office. This is Sabens' new normal.

    "Zoom is just not gonna ever bridge that gap," she says. "That one was pretty rough."

    The job of the school counselor has evolved over the years, from academic guide to something deeper: the adult in a school tasked with fostering students' social and emotional

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