Counseling Partners
Amber Walsh
School Social Worker
The WASD school social worker works to provide direct and indirect services to students, families and school personnel to strengthen and support students' academic and social successes. The school social worker is responsible for supporting students and advocating for their social, emotional and physical well-being. The school social worker provides, organizes and connects families and students to individual, group and family counseling, as well as intensive behavioral services to help overcome the obstacles that affect performance, behavior, and socialization in the school and home environment. School social workers work in collaboration with the school staff to enhance the understanding and implementation of interventions to help students overcome emotional and behavioral challenges. The ultimate goal of a school social worker involves helping students in the WASD address obstacles that may get in the way of learning and competence, such as truancy, rebelliousness, social withdrawal, substance abuse, bullying, and sexuality. The School social worker can also be used to access an outside psychiatrist, as well as assist with scheduling and understanding diagnoses that may impact the child's learning.
Sherry Darr
School Based Resource Coordinator
The SBRC works to link WASD students and families to resources that are needed to enhance social functioning, strengthen families, and support stabilization needed for student attendance and maximal participation in all educational activities offered by the WASD.
Student Assistance Program
The Pennsylvania Student Assistance Program (SAP) is a systematic team process used to mobilize school resources to remove barriers to learning. SAP is designed to assist in identifying issues which pose a barrier to a student’s success. The primary goal of the Student Assistance Program is to help students overcome these barriers so that they may achieve, advance, and remain in school.
Our SAP Team includes:
Mr. Chromey-Principal
Mr. Brady- 7th Grade Teacher
Ms. Corrigan-School Counselor
Mrs. Gerlach- Communities in Schools Liason
Mrs. Luthcke- School Counselor (on FMLA 2023-2024)
Mrs. Micek-School Nurse
Mrs. Richards-School Counselor
Mr. Tigar-Health and Physical Ed Teacher
Mrs. Walsh-School Social Worker
Crisis Resources
If uninsured call the 1-800 number on the back of your insurance card and ask for providers in this area who are covered under your plan.
If not insured try 1 or more of the following:
Pinebrook Family Services Easton Office 610-559-8151, they were recently awarded a grant for uninsured or underinsured families to help provide outpatient behavioral health services to families in need.
Valley Wide Help- 2-1-1 or LINC, visit www.211us.org or www.uwlanc.org.
The Adolescent Intake Unit, does Mental Health Screens, as well as Drug and Alcohol Screens, and helps connect families to needed services (610) 923-0394
Other Resources to consider:
Northampton County Crisis Intervention 610-252-9060
National Suicide Prevention 1-800-273-TALK
Northampton County Children and Youth 610-559-3290
Kidspeace 1-800-854-3123
MHMR 610-974-7555
Valley Youth House Easton Office 610-252-2681
Hospitals
Easton Hospital 610-250-4002
Lehigh Valley Hospital 610-402-8111
Lehigh Valley-Muhlenberg 484-884-2485
Sacred Heart Hospital 610-776-4500
St. Luke’s Hospital 610-439-3263
Warren Hospital 908-859-6767
LINCS Family Center 484-373-6200
Teen Resources:
Teen Central (www.teencentral.net)
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