SOCIAL WORK SERVICES

School social workers provide the following services to support smart, safe, and nurturing schools:

1. Consult with teachers about classroom management issues.
2. Participate in the development of individual student intervention plans.
3. Intervene with families.
4. Collaborate with community resources.
5. Engage in individual and small group work with students who demonstrate poor school adjustment.
6. Conduct in-service training and workshops for teachers, other educators and parents/guardians.
7. Develop and implement school-wide programs that assist students’ academic, social, and emotional growth.
8. Complete social developmental history reports on students who are having school performance or adjustment concerns.

"There is no greater joy nor reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life.” Mary Rose McGeady

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA)

RESOURCES FOR PARENTS

• Health Insurance
• Khanacademy
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Community Resource Guide
• Response to Intervention- A Primer for Parents
• Parent Newsletter
• Tool Kit for Hispanic Families
• United Way of the Virginia Peninsula

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.” Benjamin Disraeli

School Social Workers Directory

First Step/PEEP:

Elementary Schools:

Middle Schools:

High Schools:

Alternative Programs: