If You and Your Family have incured any life changing situations and need some help with housing, job assistance, food assistance, etc. Please Use these Websites For any of these needs:
Tiffany Whitney (Social Worker) and Social Services for Greenville County
https://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/Departments/main.asp?titleid=perssws
United Way 211 OF Greenville SC
https://www.unitedwaygc.org/impact/financial-stability/2-1-1-resource-line
Want to Learn more about your child and what it means to be Gifted Talented? Please see some Reading Materials and Websites to join/read to learn more.
Websites:
**NAGC.ORG
**SCgifted.org
BOOKS:
-Advance Children in Early Childhood By Bronwyn Mac Farlane and Ellen Honeck
-Raising Twice-Exceptional Children by Dr. Emily Kircher-Morris
-Disconnected Kids by Dr. Robert Melillo
-Regulation and Co-Regulation by Ginger Healy
- Anxiety Worry, Stress, and Fear by Leigh Bagwell
-Behavior Interventions Strategies for Educators, counselors, and Parents By Amie Dean
-Executive Functioning Workbook for kids by Roy D. PH. D
-Anger Management workbook for Kids by Andrew Hill PhD.
Think your son/daughter may need counseling, but not sure what steps to take next? Here are some helpful websites to utilize for tips and help:
You can email me and I can give you references for whatever you feel your child may be struggling with. We have on site Mental Health Counseling through the Department of Mental Health here at the school, we have Gaggle Therapy (website here: https://www.gaggle.net/therapy) which is online with certified professionals at no cost, and I have other trusted therapist that can meet 1:1 in person with your child as well. Below are some other trusted websites to look through for more information to help you navigate what you think your child may need. We also suggest looking into PACE Therapies ( website here: https://www.pacetherapies.org/) if your child is 2E or Twice Exceptional if they struggle from executive functioning issues, sensory issues, etc.
DMH Crisis Lines
Mental Health Resource Guide for the Upstate of South Carolina List provided by NAMI
Community Resource Guide for the Upstate of South Carolina List provided by The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health
Kids Mental Health
Suicide Awareness Links