More and more schools are calling on alternative ‘therapists’ to alleviate stress. Sophrology, hypnotherapy, meditation, kinesiology, yoga: “10 to 20% of middle and high schools use, frequently or occasionally, external workers from unregulated professions,” assesses a union source among school leaders.

“We offer him entire slots in front of dozens of all-hearing kids,’ complains Guillaume, father of an 11-year-old girl.