Support for Studying

The aim of student welfare is to promote the learning, health and well-being of students.

Student welfare means the services of psychologists, school social workers and school health care. Student welfare is executed as multidisciplinary co-operation between Education Division and Welfare Division. Close co-operation is conducted with students and their parents as well as with other partners in co-operation if needed. Student welfare is organized as communal student welfare and individual student welfare.

The school social worker offers help in matters concerning

  • motivation
  • absence from studies
  • concentration difficulties
  • bullying
  • loneliness
  • controlling emotions
  • friendships

You can contact the school social worker on the telephone. Contact details: Curating student welfare (varha.fi) 

Please contact the school psychologist if you are worried about

  • stress
  • feeling low
  • anxiety
  • sleep problems
  • difficulties with regard to learning and concentrating

The student, the guardians, someone from the school personnel or another person/partner who is working with the student in some way, can contact the school psychologist. You can contact the school psychologist on the telephone. Contact details: Psychologists services (varha.fi) 

You can contact the school nurse about problems or issues concerning

  • growth and development
  • sleep/sleeping
  • food/eating
  • sports
  • mood
  • health check-ups
  • vaccinations

You can contact your school nurse on the telephone. Contact details: Student health care services (varha.fi)

Contact the student counsellor if you are worried about

  • study skills and school attendance
  • self-knowledge
  • further studies
  • vocations, fields of education
  • working life

You can contact the student counsellor on the Wilma web interface.

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