ISD 196
Cedar Park Elementary STEM
Social Work Program
School social workers provide individual, group, and classroom support for students and consultation to parents.
For more information
contact:
Diane Johnson
651-683-6969 93654(voicemail)
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The overall goal of the elementary school social work program is to work directly with students, their families, school staff, and the community to provide guidance, support, and nurturance so essential to academic success and sound life decisions.
School social workers help:
Students
- Enhance their social and emotional skills
- Learn more effective ways to solve problems
- Respect others and themselves
- Cope with change and loss
- Develop decision making skills
Parents
- Child Development
- Attendance
- Community Resources and Referrals
- Family Crisis
- Behavior Management
- School Resources
School Staff
- Communicate with families
- Understand family, cultural, and community factors that affect student learning
- Resolve classroom issues
- Classroom Behavior
- Student Attendance
- Individual student Issues
- Family communication
- Cultural and community factors that affect student learning
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