WATCH: How to support mental health on results day

This A-level results day is even more emotional than normal – Dr Tara Porter offers advice for supporting mental health
13th August 2020, 12:55pm

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WATCH: How to support mental health on results day

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A-level Results Day: How To Support Student Mental Health

A-level results day is always stressful - but this year is likely to be far more stressful than most, both for students and for their teachers.

How should we best support them through the day, and over the coming days and weeks? Clinical psychologist and Tes mental health columnist Tara Porter offers some useful tips.

 

Dr Tara Porter is a clinical psychologist in the NHS and private practice. She also works at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, and is Tes’ mental health columnist. She tweets as @drtjap. The views expressed are her own  

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