as a parent, you play a vital role in your child's life! i am here to collaborate with you in order to help your child be successful in school. I am happy to discuss any concerns you may have. If you would like to refer your child or schedule an appointment, please feel free to contact me.
-24 hour help-
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org
If you or a loved one are experiencing increased feelings of self-harm please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255
Partners Behavioral Health Crisis Line 1-888-235-4673
Phoenix Counseling Crisis Center & Mobile Crisis 855-527-4747
-Parent Resources-
Being a parent is very rewarding, but quite challenging at times. Understanding how children grow and develop and learning how to communicate with them can be of tremendous help with your relationship with your child. Listed below are some websites that offer great tips and ideas to help parents meet those challenges.
Supporting Your Teen's Mental Health: https://www.unicef.org/parenting/health/four-things-you-can-do-support-your-teens-mental-health
Tutor Doctor: Local Tutoring
Parenting Style: What kind of parenting style do you have? Take this quiz to gain more insight on your parenting style.
Parenting Guides: Tips for your child's academic, physical, and social emotional growth
Empowering Parents: Back to school tips for students of all ages and stages
Confident Parents Confident Kids: Parents actively supporting kids' social, emotional and ethical development. This site not only includes parent resources but kids resources as well.
Screen Strong: Rethinking screens. Reclaiming kids. Reconnecting families.
Recognizing Anxiety in Youth: Books and Apps for youth.
-Student Resources-
click each subheading for a link to academic, career & social/personal information.
Academic
Study Tips: Not everyone studies the same way. Find out what your learning style is and how to successfully study.
Tutor Doctor: Local tutoring.
Plan Your Future: College Foundation of North Carolina.
Discovery Education: Interactive games, videos, contests, virtual labs and activities designed to help you dive deeper into a topic and have fun too!
Career
Interest Finder: Find out what kind of personality type you are.
Career Cluster Match: Uncover which career clusters match your interests.
Paws in Jobland: An interactive website to help young students learn about different careers.
Personal/Social
Bullying: What is bullying and how you can help make a difference.
Managing Stress: We all can get stressed out with so much to do. Learn how to deal with your stress in a positive way.
The Adventures of Sticky Burr: a weekly webcomic about a prickly bunch of seeds and their adventures in the wide world. Browse this website for stories, games, music, animation, activity sheets and more.
-Community Resources-
School counselors can provide short-term individual counseling for students, but when long-term intervention is required, they can coordinate referrals to community agencies. Click each subheading for a link to available resources.
Community Resource Guide for Cleveland County
Community Resource Guide for Cleveland County
Community Resource Guide for Gaston County
To find nutritious summer meals at no-cost near you for kids and teens who are ages 18 and younger:
Text "Food" to 304-304 for information in English or “COMIDA” to 304-304 for information in Spanish.
Use the N.C. Site Finder Map, https://bit.ly/3MhnX1S.
Check your local school district website, social media or other communications.
Learn more at https://www.dpi.nc.gov/districts-schools/district-operations/school-nutrition/how-find-nc-summer-meals