Vulnerable children can not cope with school – Dagens Industri

Vulnerable children can not cope with school

                  2015-08-05 21:37
             

30 percent of children with an abusive parent leave secondary school without school permission. Among children with parents with mental illness, the proportion of 20 percent, according to a new report from the National Centre relatives (NKA) made on behalf of the National Board.

The school is crucial for quickly identifying children at risk. But often in the children far too late – when they have their own problems, according to the National Board.

That it is hard to concentrate in school when they are worried about their parents are not surprising. However, it is noteworthy that no schools, social services and health care is given more attention these children’s needs, says Merike Hansson, researcher at the National Board of Health, the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.