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Committed to helping all students realize the best version of themselves
Committed to helping all students realize the best version of themselves
Dr. John Garruto: School Psychologist
Dr. John Garruto: School Psychologist
Office Hours: 8:35-3:45 M-F
Office Hours: 8:35-3:45 M-F
About:
Email: KPS School Psychologist
Call: (315) 341-2540
Laura Riley: School Counselor
Laura Riley: School Counselor
Office Hours: 8:35-3:45 M-F
Office Hours: 8:35-3:45 M-F
Office phone: (315) 341-2545 Call-or-text: (315) 326-1097
Heather Rice: School Counselor
Office Hours: 8:35-3:45 M-F
About:
Call: (315) 341-2548 Call-or-text: (315) 529-1008
Community Resources
Community Resources
Food, Clothing, Housing, Transportation and other basic needs:
Food, Clothing, Housing, Transportation and other basic needs:
national hotlines.pdf
Parents: click the image above for additional webinars and resources you can use at home
BACK TO SCHOOL CARE PACKAGE: tools to help parents/guardians, and students with learning at home. Click link:
Back to School with Big Life Journal
Parenting Corner
Parenting Corner
A place with helpful ideas for parents/guardians to promote mental-health and well-being for their children and families.
Second Steps is a national, science-based Social Emotional Learning program that all KPS classroom teachers use. Until December 31, 2020 parent resources are available on the Second Steps website free of charge. The resources cover all Social Emotional topics listed below. Once you click on the link, scroll almost all the way to the bottom to find the dynamic family resources. You may have to create a login profile to access the materials (see instructions below).
How to Create a Second Step Account
Go to www.secondstep.org
Under New Users, click ”Create Account”
Complete the required fields
Add the Program Activation Key for the grade level of your student:Early Learning: SSPE FAMI LY68Kindergarten: SSPK FAMI LY70Grade 1: SSP1 FAMI LY71Grade 2: SSP2 FAMI LY72Grade 3: SSP3 FAMI LY73Grade 4: SSP4 FAMI LY74Grade 5: SSP5 FAMI LY75
For more information, here are some additional websites:
Grief: Children's Bereavement Center
The Dougy Center (click on "For Kids" for helpful activities)
Anxiety: Healthy Families: Beyond Blue
Depression: Healthy Families: Beyond Blue
Center for Disease Control: Mental Health
Self-Esteem: Kids' Health
Resilience: Hey Sigmund
Mindfulness: Mindfulness
Online Safety: NetSmartz
Digital Citizenship and Well-Being: Common Sense Education
Bullying Prevention: Captain Compassion
Growth Mindset: Big Life Journal (once on the site, click on the free PDF guide to access this wonderful tool for teaching your child Growth Mindset).
Parenting strategies: Discipline-vs-Punishment
Supporting Vulnerable Students
Talking to your kids about race/racism
Youth-Mental-Health-Fact-Sheet-1.pdfYOUTH-MENTAL-HEALTH-EMOTIONS-MATTER.pdfPage updated
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