General School Social Work Services:

• Suicide Risk Assessments

• Dropout Prevention Services

• Crisis Management

• McKinney Vento Services (MCV)

• Multi Tiered System of Support Services (MTSS Team)

• Addressing Social & Emotional Well being (SEL)

• Attendance and Truancy

• Behavioral Interventions

• Counseling, Peer Mediation, Parent engagement and Support

• Connecting students and families to resources

Services Provided to Students:

• Providing crisis intervention.

• Developing intervention strategies to increase academic success.

• Assisting with conflict resolution and anger management.

• Helping the child develop appropriate social interaction skills.

• Assisting the child in understanding and accepting self and others.

• Assisting with crisis management, stressful situations, trouble shooting and more

Services Provided to the Parents and Families:

• Working with parents to facilitate their support in their children's school adjustment.

• Alleviating family stress to enable the child to function more effectively in school & community.

• Assisting parents in accessing and utilizing school and community resources.

Additional Services:

• Advocacy for students to receive academic supports and resources to eliminate barriers and build students' capacity for success in the learning environment

• Development of behavioral interventions for students struggling with anger and other emotions, displaying poor social skills and having conflicts with other students

• Counseling on specific goals via individual and small group meetings

• Responsive services for students who have been victimized as a result of abandonment, child abuse, domestic violence, dating violence, neighborhood violence, mental illness, bullying and harassment, gang involvement, etc., and coordination with appropriate school and community services

• Collaboration with teachers, administrators and professional support staff to evaluate students' needs

• Consultation with teachers, administrators, IEP teams and Intervention Teams and other professional support staff (school counselors, school psychologists, school health nurses, etc.) to develop intervention plans and provide services to students and families

• Implementation of school-wide programs or initiatives (holiday assistance, parent communication) to meet student and family needs;

• Collaboration with internal CMS departments and external community groups to meet student and family needs and to reduce or eliminate barriers to student success

• Partnering and engagement with parents and guardians

• Consultation regarding school law and policies related to truancy, child abuse & neglect, and homeless education