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. 

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-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. 

Mental Health Resources 

Community Resource Guide for Cleveland County

Community Resource Guide for Cleveland County

Community Resource Guide for Gaston County


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