Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
This graphic shows the number of school counselors there are to students across North Dakota counties using 2023 data. A check with Cavalier County found that they do now have a counselor in the school system there. A total of 35 counties do not meet the American School Counselor Association recommended ratio of one counselor to 250 students. Courtesy photo.
With over two decades as a counselor in Langdon area schools in rural Cavalier County and as a clinical counselor with Catholic Charities, Barbara Boesl has seen shifts in youth mental health.
Anxiety has supplanted depression as a primary diagnosis for those struggling, both on the youth and adult side, she believes.
"My belief is that (increase in anxiety) is connected to the lack of real connec...
