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Chronic stress is identified by School Can't Australia as a major contributor to poor mental health and school attendance difficulties experienced by young people. It is crucial to regularly check in with children and young people about the things they find persistently difficult or that leave them feeling unsafe or stressed. Barriers to communicating distress, prevent students from accessing relief, leaving their problems unidentified and unaddressed. Together, we can protect mental health and maintain capacity for learning by removing communication barriers, so we can CHECK-IN, IDENTIFY STRESSORS and REDUCE STRESS.