This web page has been designed to promote wellness and encourage social and emotional learning for our students in Kindergarten through Sixth Grade.
What is SEL?
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. (Casel.org)
Diversity/Inclusion
Who is your child's School Counselor?
East End - Nicole DiVenuta
nicole_divenuta@nplainfield.org
West End - Chelsea Wolf
Stony Brook - Leslie Castillo
leslie_castillo@nplainfield.org
Somerset Intermediate - Kathleen Mathews and Zoraida Otero
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
If you are in need of immediate attention, here is a list of outside resources that can provide assistance. As always, if this is an emergency situation, call 9-1-1 or your local police department immediately.
Perform Care-Mobile Response Services: Call 1-877-652-7624. Click here
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help children and youth who are experiencing emotional or behavioral crisis. The services are designed to defuse an immediate crisis, and keep children and families safe.
2nd Floor Youth Hotline: 1-888-222-2228 https://www.2ndfloor.org/
Crisis Text Line: Text HELLO to 741741
Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
The Trevor Project Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386
TrevorChat- TrevorChat.org
TrevorText - Text START to 678678