With a newly started investment in digital student health, Norrtälje Municipality wants to reach sick students and those who study remotely. But some students have an extra amount to lose when everyday contact with school staff disappears.  

- For me, the big concern is the student click that I only kept an eye on, because there was a concern about home situation or mental illness. That group is crawling under the radar right now, says Lina Uggla Hedqvist, curator at Rodengymnasiet in Norrtälje.

Impaired finances in the home and distance education also put great strain on children and young people. According to a report from the Center for Epidemiology and Social Medicine (CES), declining grades and mental ill health are likely to follow in the wake of the crisis. Someone that the schools also see.

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