Educational assistants in the Peel District School Board (PDSB) say they have reached a breaking point.
, when a teacher described an atmosphere of “violence and fear” in an anonymous letter.
“So much of our day is spent putting out fires, and preventing the teacher from getting hurt,” she said. “So in reality, it’s us who end up getting hurt.” “It really takes a toll on your mental health. It’s not as easy as finding a new job or moving schools, because that would still be like jumping from one hot mess to another,” the educational assistant said.In an emailed statement to CP24, representatives from the PDSB said EAs can access mental health support through the Employee and Family Assistance Program, which offers employees individual counselling. The statement also said that EAs have access to medical leave “to support self-care.
Pemberton monitors a private Facebook group for educational assistants, and says she’s been taken aback by the number of members asking their colleagues how to apply for mental health leave from PDSB. And yet, on the other hand, she’s not really surprised. She added that she empathizes with the parents – there’s a very specific type of grief that can accompany raising a special needs child, she said, and many parents have not yet processed that grief by the time their children have started school. That grief, combined with financial instability or parents’ busy work schedules, can have huge effects on the child’s behaviour at school.
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