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Trends in Anxiety: Information and Strategies
As a school counselor, I am here to help in anyway I can. Sometimes that is through short-term individual sessions, whole class lessons on coping skills, or providing information or resource lists to parents/guardians. The attached page provides some information on anxiety and lists some strategies that might help if you or your child has been experiences anxiety related symptoms.
A few local resources are listed at the bottom of this page. Please contact me for a brochure from Care to Learn of additional local resources.
Academic Links
Academic Links
Khan Academy Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more.
Career Links
Career Links
Missouri Connections Missouri Connections is a comprehensive, online, career development and planning program that is provided free of charge to all Missouri cities.
Local Resources:
Local Resources:
School counselors cannot provide on-going therapy in the school setting . If you need a list of some of the outside counseling services within our surrounding area, please see your school counselor. If you have a family doctor or pediatrician, it is often beneficial to ask them for a referral to coordinate your personal insurance.
Area Mental Health & Assistance Resources
This list is not a complete list of counselors in the area. A great place to start looking into counseling options is with your family doctor.
We do our best to keep this list up-to-date, but if you are aware of any provider information that has changed, please contact the school counselor and we will update the information. Thank you!
United Way Finding help used to be a frustrating ordeal – flipping through phone books and calling multiple numbers; wrong turns; dead ends; wasted time. Dial 2-1-1 (or 1-800-427-4626) 24 hours a day, seven days a week to get connected to a trained resource specialist. TTY (1-866-385-6525) and multilingual services are also available. Calls to United Way 2-1-1 are always free and confidential . Basic needs: food pantries, shelters, rent assistance, - Physical and mental health resources: crisis intervention, support groups, counseling, alcohol and drug rehabilitation - Jobs programs - and more.
United Way Finding help used to be a frustrating ordeal – flipping through phone books and calling multiple numbers; wrong turns; dead ends; wasted time. Dial 2-1-1 (or 1-800-427-4626) 24 hours a day, seven days a week to get connected to a trained resource specialist. TTY (1-866-385-6525) and multilingual services are also available. Calls to United Way 2-1-1 are always free and confidential . Basic needs: food pantries, shelters, rent assistance, - Physical and mental health resources: crisis intervention, support groups, counseling, alcohol and drug rehabilitation - Jobs programs - and more.
Personal/Social Links
Personal/Social Links
In the Spring of 2018, the 5th grade created a video about bullying and how to be a good friend to rap up our 4th and 5th grade lessons on positive habits and friendship along with out to respond to a bullying or unkind situations.
Parent Links
Parent Links
Parent often ask when they can do at home to help their child identify what is and what is not bullying and how to handle both bullying and stress-inducing behaviors from friends/peers. This site give some tips to for helping any child struggling with peer interactions.
Parent often ask when they can do at home to help their child identify what is and what is not bullying and how to handle both bullying and stress-inducing behaviors from friends/peers. This site give some tips to for helping any child struggling with peer interactions.
This is a short version of the lessons that 4th graders learn about bulling for parents. These lessons identify exactly what bullying is and we discuss what it is not during class (one time, rude, non-physical words or actions). All students are encouraged to sign the Bully Blocker Pledge each Spring. 5th grade students continue learning about choosing to be bully free by discussing the "Stop Bullying Now" webinar series each spring. * Most all counseling lessons, even those in the fall about the 7 Habits of Happy Kids for 4th and 5th Grade's Learning about Self & Others as we learn about Careers have discussion on how to appropriately interact with others and how to seek help if needed.
This is a short version of the lessons that 4th graders learn about bulling for parents. These lessons identify exactly what bullying is and we discuss what it is not during class (one time, rude, non-physical words or actions). All students are encouraged to sign the Bully Blocker Pledge each Spring. 5th grade students continue learning about choosing to be bully free by discussing the "Stop Bullying Now" webinar series each spring. * Most all counseling lessons, even those in the fall about the 7 Habits of Happy Kids for 4th and 5th Grade's Learning about Self & Others as we learn about Careers have discussion on how to appropriately interact with others and how to seek help if needed.
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