As highly trained mental health professionals, licensed social workers can assist with mental health concerns, behavioral concerns, academic and classroom support, consultation with teachers, parents/guardians, and administrators, as well as provide individual and group supportive counseling, and connect families with community resources.

Services to Students:

• Provide crisis intervention
• Develop and implement intervention strategies to increase academic success
• Assist with conflict resolution, anger management, social skill development, emotional regulation, anxiety and depression, grief, etc.
• Assess and refer students to outside resources with mental health concerns
• Assist the child in understanding and accepting self and others

Services to Parents/Families:

• Communicate with the family to assess barriers to the child's educational performance
• Collaborate with parents/guardians to provide education, resources, and skills to enhance school attendance and success
• Connect parents and students to community resources

Services to School Personnel:

• Provide staff with professional development and education to better understand the factors that affect student performance, behavior, and mental health (i.e. trauma, poverty, family conflict, health disparities, culture, etc.)
• Assist teachers with purposeful interventions related to social, emotional and behavioral concerns.