Highly qualified professionals who provide targeted behavioral and mental health services to increase a student’s attendance and grades and decrease discipline referrals.

Provided services include:

• Advocacy
• Case Management
• Collaboration
• Consultation
• Coordination
• Facilitation
• Prevention
• Intervention Plan development
• Parent Education
• Referrals
• Student Learning Support

• A specialized area of practice within the broad field of social work
• Crisis intervention services or needs, consultation, and coordination of school and community services
• Link to area services
• Address and reduce the barriers interferingwith student learning
• Assist in the removal of non-academic barriers

Assist Students

• To increase grades & attendance
• Decrease discipline referrals
• Access community services
• Become resilient, successful learners
• Gain personal and social competencies

Help Parents

• Participate in their child’s education
• Understand their child’s needs
• Access community resources
• Strengthen parenting skills

Services to School Personnel
Provide staff with essential information to better understand the cultural, societal, economic, familial, and health factors affecting a student’s performance and behavior.

The Student Family Support Specialists provide the “Vital Link” in schools as they work with staff, students, families, and community agencies in removing the barriers to education. In addition, they provide direct and indirect services to students, families, and school personnel to promote and support students’ academic and social success.  They also promote a psycho-social environment that fosters academic engagement and achievement.

Environments are conducive to learning and teaching when they have:

• Policies and procedures that produce safe and orderly environments;
• Capacity-building efforts to promote effective practices; and
• Supportive relationships within and between students, families, school staff, and community partners.

Send Us an Email

Phone: 419-334-3871