School mental health professionals often experience the erasure of the work they are trained to do—and find themselves doing other work instead.
Amid widespread teacher and staff shortages, school mental health professionals are more likely than ever to be saddled with duties that are unrelated to providing mental health services. The ASCA report showed that 39% of school counselors feel being assigned “inappropriate duties” is a significant day-to-day challenge (ASCA, 2021).
