WME Mental Health

Welcome, to our favorite parents and students! We are honored to serve as your Social Worker, School Psychologist, and School Counselor. Our goal is to help all the students not only transition to home-centered learning during the school dismissal, but to make it as pleasant as possible. We will be updating this website with lessons, resources, and videos!

Check out the resources below. Feel free to reach out to us via e-mail.

Please be patient as we will try to get back to you in a timely manner. If your student is in crisis, please call 911 or Colorado Crisis at 1-844-493-8255.

Erin Grell (School Psychologist): Erin.Grell@dcsdk12.org (M,Th)

Peggy Alway (School Psychologist): malway@dcsdk12.org

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Kelley Klassen (Social Worker): Kelley.Klassen@dcsdk12.org

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Sarah Devlin (School Counselor): sdevlin1@dcsdk12.org (M-F)

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HELPING KIDS COPE WITH ANXIETY

Hello Parents,

The third segment in our Anxiety series has been released! In this segment, Dr. Cypers presents his FACE model which is a fantastic tool for helping people to recognize anxiety and take actionable steps to vanquish it. Please see this link and scroll down to overcoming anxiety with Dr. Cypers to watch it.

Dr Cypers will be available to answer your questions live via this link on Tuesday December 14th at 6:00pm. Live Session 12.14.21 6:00pm https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/93828591466

Douglas County School District Counselors have teamed with Dr. Scott Cypers to create a video series to help parents understand how to help their children with Anxiety. This series will be ongoing throughout the remainder of the school year and a new video will be released every few weeks. These 20-30 minute video videos are designed to provide parents with an understanding of anxiety and provide some actionable tools to help their children. Dr. Cypers is a nationally recognized expert on child and adolescent anxiety and is the director of stress and anxiety at Johnson Depression Center. Here is the link to the first video: Understanding Your Brain and How Anxiety Fits Into the Picture

SEGMENT 02

Please take a few minutes to watch the next anxiety segment by Dr. Scott Cypers. This segment covers the vicious cycle of anxiety and provides insight into what triggers anxiety and how to overcome it. After viewing the video, if you are interested, you can log into a free live zoom session with Dr. Cypers to receive additional support and get your specific questions answered.

Helping Kids to Understand & Overcome Anxiety: Segment 02

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaDtat-1YyE

Beginning in January CAB (Child and Adolesent Behavioral Supports) will be offering group therapy for 9 week blocks for 9 to 11 year olds in one group and for 12 to 14 year olds in another group. Three sessions will be for parents to share concerns and learn how to support the skills their child/adolescent is learning. A winter and spring session will be available for both age groups.

The model that is being utilized for the groups addresses the core set of lagging skills common to most mental health difficulties. The group therapy format offers numerous benefits. Interacting with peers of similar age affords in-session practice with social interactions, giving and receiving feedback, an opportunity to share things that work for an individual facing similar challenges and a reassurance that a person is not alone in their struggles. In addition, group therapy expands available services to more individuals, which is needed at this time.