Parent Center

As your child embarks on their educational journey, we understand that parenting comes with its unique set of joys and challenges. At Wolf Ranch Elementary School, we are committed to supporting both you and your child every step of the way. 

We believe that a strong partnership between home and school is essential for your child's growth and development. By utilizing the resources available on this page, we hope to strengthen that partnership and create a collaborative environment where every child can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

Thank you for entrusting us with your child's education and well-being. Together, we can inspire our students learn to Lead, Grow, and Serve!

Parent Resources

We have curated this resource page to provide you with valuable information, tips, and resources to help navigate the various aspects of your child's development, well-being, and academic success.

Whether you're seeking guidance on fostering positive social-emotional skills, nurturing a love for learning at home, or navigating the ups and downs of childhood, you'll find a wealth of resources tailored to meet your needs. From articles and videos to recommended books and community support services, we aim to equip you with the tools and knowledge to empower you in your parenting journey.

**Our Favorite Parenting Books**

The Whole-Brain Child 

By: Dr. Daniel Siegel & Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

In this book, the authors explore the nuances of development and ability through an understanding of neuroscience and learning theories. The authors walk you through 12 strategies that help to nuture both the cognitive and emotional development of children.

Tiny Humans, Big Emotions

By: Dr. Alyssa Blask Campbell & Lauren Stauble

Designed for all humans—tiny and big—this book shows caregivers of children how to handle their children’s outbursts while empowering them to recognize and manage difficult feelings like anger, sadness, and shame, along with anxiety. All caregivers will find valuable insights and guidance in this book, especially those caring for children from infancy to age eight. Tiny Humans, Big Emotions equips adults with tools for emotional intelligence so they can respond with intention. This innovative, research-based approach teaches children self-regulation and empathy, even as it strengthens the parent-child relationship, setting the groundwork for a lifetime of emotional resilience and wellbeing. 

Grit

By: Dr. Angela Duckworth

Dr. Angela Duckworth explores the idea of grit and that it can be cultivated and nutured over time to produce "grittier" adults. For parents, there are several strategies that can be used to nuture grit in their children. Among Grit’s most valuable insights: any effort you make ultimately counts twice toward your goal; grit can be learned, regardless of IQ or circumstances; when it comes to child-rearing, neither a warm embrace nor high standards will work by themselves; how to trigger lifelong interest; the magic of the Hard Thing Rule; and so much more.

Mindset

By: Dr. Carol Dweck

After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.

Parenting with Love & Logic

By: Dr. Foster Cline & Jim Fay

Designed for preschool and beyond, this helpful and practical psychology-based parenting method is an invaluable guide for all parents! Teach your children healthy responsibility and encourage their character growth from a young age. Learn to establish healthy boundaries with your children through easy-to-implement steps without anger, threats, nagging, or power struggles.


Trusted by generations of parents, counselors, and teachers to lovingly raise responsible children, Parenting with Love and Logic includes solutions for dozens of specific topics such as:

Each issue is indexed for easy reference. Learn how to tame tempers and re-establish a calm, healthy relationship and positive communication with your child today! 

**Our Favorite Videos**

How to raise kids who can overcome anxiety

How to Raise Successful Kids -- Without Over-Parenting

5 Parenting Styles and Their Effects on Life

How your brain's executive function works -- and how to improve it | Sabine Doebel

ADHD and Executive Function - 8 Tips

**Our Favorite Online Resources**

Understanding & Supporting Executive Functioning Deficits

Specific information and supports for executive functioning skill deficits in students with ADHD, Autism, and even students identified as Gifted & Talented. 

Social-Emotional Development: Family Resources

Social-emotional skills play an important role in the lives of parents, caregivers, and children. If you are interested in learning about social-emotional development, activities, tools, and more, check out the list of resources on the website.

Ages and Stages: 

How to Monitor Child Development

In this article, the different stages of development are reviewed for children from 0-17 years old. This information can be invaluable in understanding developmental milestones, normalizing and understanding cognitive and emotional capabilities, and helping your child to develop in general. 

Mental Health Resources

School-Based Therapy

Our GISD School Based Therapy team is a group of licensed professional counselors and social workers who work with students and their families to either provide students with therapy during the school day or connect the student to community-based services. School counselors can provide students and families with more information about school-based therapy and are able to make a referral to these general education services when appropriate.

Carver Center for Families

The Carver Center for Families is located in the heart of Georgetown (1200 West 17th Street) at the site of the original Carver Elementary school.  The site was purchased from GISD by the Georgetown Health Foundation and launched the center on behalf of the Georgetown community in January of 2023.  STARRY, a local non-profit organization, anchors the site managing daily operations, logistics, outreach, and programming.  In addition to the center being used as an inclusive gathering place for all members of the greater Georgetown community, the site will house a number of local area non-profit organizations with the overall goal of collaboratively addressing the social determinants that may exist for a family.  

While families may access the center independent of the school district, the GISD Counseling Services team may work with families to submit an inquiry to the center on behalf of a family when basic needs determinants arise for a family.  Once permission is received by the family to submit information to the Carver Center, specific non-profit organizations will have the opportunity to connect with the family independent of GISD.  

The Carver Center for Families is not affiliated with GISD and the school district cannot guarantee any outcome.

Community Based Mental Health Collaborative

The Community-Based Mental Health Collaborative is a group of non-profit organizations who independently serve their Georgetown Community.  While each of these organizations are unique from each other, they share a common desire to serve our community while sharing a central office at 2100 Scenic Drive, Suite 140 in the heart of Georgetown.  GISD can help connect families to the organizations within the group when mental health supports are needed and the family resources require low-cost options. While families may contact these organizations independent from GISD, our school district has created a process to help individuals make a connection. 

Mental Health Collaborative

The GISD Mental Health Collaborative exists as a means of connecting families to local counseling practices when services provided are paid through Medicaid, the family's insurance, or out-of-pocket funds. Families who choose to participate in this service will provide information about their needs to a GISD Counseling Services team member.  Once this information is submitted and permission is provided to do so, the information shared by the family is sent to local counseling practices within the community.  With this information in hand, non-GISD private providers have the opportunity to connect with the family directly if their services match the needs of the family.  The hope is that this effort will make connecting with a private provider as easy as possible for those who seek it out.  This service is limited to supporting the initial connection between families and local counseling practices.  GISD is not responsible for the cost of services and cannot guarantee any outcome.  

Community Resource Guide

The Georgetown Independent School District Community Resource Guide exists to provide our community with information about local non-profit or low-cost services available to support a family's well-being. Georgetown ISD does not advocate or recommend any specific agency, program, or service. This information is supplied as a reference if you choose to use it. This list is assembled as a courtesy and is not a complete or comprehensive list of providers. 

Suicide Prevention

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

We can all help prevent suicide. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24/7 and offers free and confidential support to people in distress. It also provides prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones. Call 1-800-273-8255, text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741), or Live Chat the Lifeline if you or a loved one is in need. Suicide is not inevitable.

If you or someone you care about are feeling overwhelmed with emotions like sadness, depression, or anxiety, or feel like you want to harm yourself or others please reach out immediately to any of the following: