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Senate Bill 12 now requires us to get parent or guardian permission for students to receive counseling and social services support. These services are the same services we have always provided.
Please CLICK THIS LINK to fill out the counseling consent form. This form has more information about the services provided.
Here is our general calendar for this year including our Essential 8 and State Mandated lessons. Please click the links below for access to previews of the Essential 8, State Mandates, and CCMR lessons. If you are a parent that would like to opt your child out of any of the below lessons, please reach out to the counselors at BMMScounselors@dentonisd.org
To preview the content of the lessons, please click HERE
Each year, our counseling team presents state mandated material to all of the students at Navo. These mandated presentations are presented throughout the year and cover the following topics:
Suicide Prevention
Substance Abuse Prevention
Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention
Healthy Relationships, Dating Violence, and Human Trafficking
Parent Resources for State Mandates
Parent Resources for State Mandates
Suicide Prevention Awareness for Parents_Caregivers.pdfSuicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention
Warning signs for suicide may also include: writing goodbye letters, loss of interest in activities/hobbies, sudden decline in academic performance, a sudden relief and sense of joy in the absence of anything changing in their life, decline in personal hygiene, sleeping/eating pattern changes, chronic stomach aches or headaches.
Risk factors may also include: Family problems, being expelled from school or getting into serious trouble, victims of assault, LGBT+ students, homelessness.
Protective factors (i.e. what helps keep an individual safe from suicide) may also include: future goals, an area in which they excel (sports, games, hobbies, etc.), pets, sibling closeness, openness of communication.
If you, or someone you know, is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please reach out to the following organizations:
Suicide & Crisis Center of North Texas: https://www.sccenter.org/
Text Crisis Line: https://www.crisistextline.org/
Suicide Crisis Line: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Self-Harm Help for Parents.pdfSelf-Harm / Self-Injury
Self-Harm / Self-Injury
Self-harm is when people deliberately hurt themselves as a way of coping with painful or strong emotions. It’s a way of trying to get control over the feelings or relief from them. For some people, the attempt to control or stop feelings through self-harm is actually a way of trying to heal themselves. Other people self-harm so they can ‘feel something’ rather than feeling nothingness or emptiness. Some people self-harm to express feelings of hopelessness, seek help, influence other people’s behavior, or to ‘get back at’ others. Self-harm is generally a sign that a person is in deep distress. Self-harm needs to be taken seriously. It can become a habit or a compulsion. Repeated self-harm can lead to serious injuries, scarring, medical conditions and accidental death. And people who self-harm are at increased risk of attempting suicide.
If you are worried that someone you know might be harming themselves, you can make an anonymous report using our STOPit! reporting system.
Denton ISD Making Healthy Choices.pdfSubstance Use Prevention
Substance Use Prevention
Bullying & Cyberbullying.parentflyer (1).pdfBullying and Cyberbullying Prevention
Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention
What is bullying?
Bullying is aggressive behavior that is intentional, repetitive and involves an imbalance of power and strength between the bully and the target of bullying. Parents and students are sometimes reluctant to report bullying for a variety of reasons. Denton ISD wants school to be a safe place for all students and provides an online incident report form for those occurrences that appear to fit the definition of bullying. To document an incident report please see the document below.
How can I support my child if he or she is bullied?
In the event of major issues such as physical assault, call the police for assistance immediately. If bullying is occurring outside of school, interventions that the school can provide may be very limited, but do contact an administrator or counselor so they are aware of problems that could show up in school or at school events. If you believe your child is the target of bullying behaviors at school, it is essential that you report that to an administrator or counselor and request to fill out this form as completely as possible so that the school can intervene. In addition to disciplinary plans described in the Student Code of Conduct, campus counselors provide responsive services to help students deal with crises and guidance for problem solving and decision making. The student resource officer on campus may be another resource to help address safety issues.
What should my child do if bullied at school? Fighting is never a good way to solve problems. The best deterrent is adult authority. Students who feel threatened at school should immediately ask for help from teachers, coaches, counselors, and/or the student resource officer. Teach your children that reporting school violence or bullying is not “tattling.” Bystanders play an important role in bullying because students who observe and do not report bullying contribute to its existence by providing an audience. Help your child understand, despite what we see and hear in the media, victimization is not entertainment. Please partner with us to help our children learn effective ways of social interaction that demonstrate respect for one another at home, in the community, and in school.
For more information, please visit: https://www.dentonisd.org/Page/72090
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