Available Supports
Student Support Services provides support for social/emotional, behavioral and/or community needs related issues, which are interfering with the student’s success at school. These issues may include:
Mental health issues
Suicidal ideation
Abuse or neglect
Lack of basic needs
Homelessness
Pregnancy, teen parent needs
Change in academic performance
Chronic attendance or tardiness issues
Coping or social skills deficits
Facilitation of school-home-community communication
Student advocacy
Community agency referral, monitoring, and collaboration
Staff support and/or development
Substance Abuse
Individual
The social workers, student prevention/intervention specialist, and behavior intervention specialist are available to meet with students one on one who need additional mental health, social/emotional and behavioral support.
Basic Needs
The community liaisons provides community resources and referrals, emergency food boxes, and oversee the campus clothing closet.
Support Group
A variety of support groups are offered to our students in order to assist with specific issues and/or problems that may be interfering with their social/emotional growth and/or success in high school. Groups are a great way to meet with other students who can relate to one another. Students will find a forum of peer support, where they can gain strength as they share their feelings and experiences with other students who are facing the same obstacles. Each group generally meets once a week, during the school day. Groups require an initial consultation or group screening.
Restorative Conversations/ Mediations
Conflict is a normal and positive force that can be a part of personal growth and social change. To deal effectively with a conflict, a trained facilitator manages a process of communication called a restorative conference or a mediation. Restorative conferences and mediations are a chance to sit face to face and talk, uninterrupted, so each side of the dispute is heard. It allows for problem solving, restoration and a resolution or agreement that is written and signed.
Response to Intervention
(RTI) Team
The focus of the I-Team is to develop interventions for students who do not have an IEP and are not responding to Tier I and Tier II classroom academic, social emotional and behavior interventions.
What to expect from the RTI-Team:
Students will be screened to assess if class placement is correct in math, reading or English.
RTI-Team will provide teacher’s research based interventions to implement in the classroom. Interventions may be academic, behavior and/or social emotional supports.
The student’s counselor will monitor progress to assure interventions are implemented with fidelity.
A student who does not respond to Tier I and Tier II interventions may require further Tier III interventions to be explored by the RTI-Team
How do I make a referral?
Fill out an online referral form that will be sent directly to Student Support Services.