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Empowering Students to Strive towards Educational Excellence
Carl Dade, LMSW
Telephone: (248) 336-7786
Fax: (248) 336-7781
Email: [email protected]
The Oak Park Freshman Institute’s School Social Worker exist to provide services to students and families with the primary focus of removing barriers to academic success. School Social Workers are a vital part of the total educational process. They work in collaboration with school psychologists, school counselors, teachers, administrators, parents and various community agencies. The information obtained through these resources is then integrated to provide social, emotional, behavioral, and adaptive functioning support to the student, his or her family, and the school.
School Social Workers provide:
Carl Dade, LMSW
Telephone: (248) 336-7786
Fax: (248) 336-7781
Email: [email protected]
The Oak Park Freshman Institute’s School Social Worker exist to provide services to students and families with the primary focus of removing barriers to academic success. School Social Workers are a vital part of the total educational process. They work in collaboration with school psychologists, school counselors, teachers, administrators, parents and various community agencies. The information obtained through these resources is then integrated to provide social, emotional, behavioral, and adaptive functioning support to the student, his or her family, and the school.
School Social Workers provide:
- Assistance when a crisis occurs at school or home
- Intervention with attendance and related issues
- Case management services for homeless students and their families
- Referrals for various community and school services
- Intervention strategies for students who experience difficulty in their lives resulting from chemical abuse, either their own or someone else’s
- Conflict resolution
- Individual and group counseling to help students develop problem solving skills
- Support groups on a variety of topics
- Home visits and parent contacts to address attendance, family issues, and home concerns
- Follow-up services with community agencies
- Evaluation of emotional and behavioral needs, adaptive and developmental skills
- Collaboration and consultation with school and community professionals to meet student needs
- Assistance with alternative school programs