School Social Workers Help Students To:

• Increase academic success.
• 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 Workers Help Educators By:

• Developing and implementing plans to enhance students’ school success.
• Providing oogoing 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 resourse to meet students’ needs.
• Identifying and eliminating barriers to educational success.

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

• Accessment og student needs through observation, interviews and testing.
• Treatment of mental and emotional disorders.
• 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.
• Information and referral.
• Collaboration and consultations with community agencies,organizations and other professionals.