District Mental Health Team 

How School Social Workers Support Students, Families and Schools

🎓Facilitate lessons and activities in socio-emotional learning that align with Common Core standards to improve academic success and student well-being.

📚Teach students "life skills" such as coping, self-awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision-making and problem solving.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Facilitate collaboration between families and schools.

👩🏽‍💻 Targeted services to vulnerable populations such as foster youth and homeless students.

🌎 Facilitate campus-wide or preventive initiatives to support all students such as bullying prevention, suicide prevention and mental health awareness.

‼️Provide  crisis intervention and response.

🔆Provide individual therapy (with parent consent) and group counseling and refer those needing additional support to NLMUSD's Community Resource Collaborative.

💡Offer consultation, support, training and professional development for school staff in areas related to students' social-emotional, behavioral and mental health needs. 

👣 Use our education and training in cultural competence and trauma-informed care to serve students and families from diverse backgrounds in a respectful and ethical way. 

     🔔 Promote a positive school climate and school culture that is safe and inclusive for all students. 

⬇️ Reduce discipline such as suspension and expulsion by increasing students' use of coping skills and adaptive behavior.

⬆️ Improve attendance by educating families and helping to identify and eliminate barriers to attendance.