School Social Workers Help Students to:

• Improve interpersonal relationships.
• Cope with difficult and crisis situations.
• Develop self-esteem and self-discipline.
• Learn problem solving, conflict resolution and decision-making skills.
• Remove barriers to academic success.

School Social Workers Help Staff With:

• Developing and implementing plans to enhance students’ school success.
• Providing ongoing emotional and behavioral support to students.
• Communicating information about how factors such as family, culture, socioeconomic status, physical and mental health can affect students’ performance.
• Coordinating community resources to meet students’ needs.
• Identifying and eliminating barriers to educational success.

School Social Workers are the Link Between Home, School, and Community:

• Accessment of student needs through observation, interviews, and testing.
• Individual and group therapeutic services.
• Crisis prevention and intervention.
• Working with students in both general education and special education settings.
• Advocacy for students, parents and the school district.
• Education and training for parents and guardians.
• Collaboration and consultations with community agencies,organizations and other professionals.