School Social Workers
School Social Workers are the link between home, school, and community. School Social Workers promote and support student academic and social success by providing specialized services that include:
- Individual and group counseling
- Parent education and training
- Support groups
- Professional case management
- Crisis prevention and intervention
- Resource connection
- Advocacy for students, parents and the school system
- Collaboration with community agencies and other pupil services
Georgia Crisis and Access Line
1-800-715-4225
Suicide Hotline Number
988
School Social Workers Help Students
- Increase academic success
- Improve interpersonal relationships
- Cope with crisis situations
- Develop self-discipline
- Develop problem-solving skills
- Resolve conflicts without violence
- Improve attendance
- Build self-esteem
- Remain in school and graduate
- Develop and refine social skills
- Cope with stress
School Social Workers support parents and families to
- Participate more fully in their children's education
- Identify and meet their children's social and emotional needs
- Use school and community resources more effectively
Maggie Brown Tara Truitt Loletha Kirkland |
Natisha Evans
West Point/Hogansville Elementary/Long Cane Elementary
Jacquelyne Stafford
Long Cane Middle/Troup High School
Keyanna Staples
Berta Weathersbee Elementary/Ethel Kight Elementary/Franklin Forest Elementary