School and/or Community Resources:

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• School and/or Community Resources
• What is best for my struggling child?

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Academic Issues

• My child cant focus at school
• Homework is piling up at home
• Frustration is building up in the whole family
• Who do I turn to for help?

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What services can the school provide?

• After school/early morning extra help
• All teachers are available for early morning or
  after school extra help
• Teachers have regular extra help days and are
  also available by appointment
• Encourage your child to seek extra help
• National Honor Society tutoring
• NHS student tutors are available in every subject
• You or your child can contact your childs
  guidance counselor to arrange for a NHS tutor

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Communication

• Parent communication with teachers
• Parents should access teachers school wires
  pages to keep up with assignments
• Parents/students should contact teachers when
  questions arise about grades, assessments,
  assignments, etcdont let it build up until the
  end of the marking period!
• Parent communication with guidance counselors

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Nothing is working, now what?

• Intervention and Referral Services (IRS)
• Referral to the IRS team through the guidance
  department
• IRS team is comprised of representatives from
  administration, guidance, child study team, and
  regular education teachers
• Provides case management, mainstream
  interventions, and monitoring of student progress
• 504 Plan (if warranted)
• When a documented disability is present and
  substantially impacts your childs ability to
  receive an education
• Provides some reasonable accommodations
• Special Education (if warranted)
• The last step. Pre-referral interventions have
  not helped
• All options have been exhausted in the mainstream

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What services can the community provide?

• Academic Support Program
• Huntington
• Sylvan
• Etc
• Peer Tutors
• Can include National Honor Society students who
  tutor outside of the school program
• Private Tutors
• Recommended in-house tutor list can be provided
  through the guidance department
• Local College Programs
• Graduate school students can provide services
  through their practicum under the supervision of
  licensed professionals on a sliding scale

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SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL CONCERNS

• My child seems sad, angry, and/or stressed all
  the time...
• My child seems to have trouble making and/or
  maintaining friendships
• Who do I turn to for help?

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What services can the school provide?

• Meeting with Student Ambassador
• For ninth graders
• Meeting with Guidance Counselor
• Counseling with School Social Worker or School
  Psychologist
• Intervention and Referral Services (IRS)
• 504 Plan (if warranted)
• Refer to slide 5
• Special Education (if warranted)
• Refer to slide 5

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What services can the community provide?
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Available Community Mental Health Resources

• West Bergen Mental Healthcare
• Anger Management Program, Anxiety Disorders
  Program, Aspergers-Related Services, Attention
  Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders Program,
  Depression Intervention Program, Developmental
  Social Skills Program, Divorce Program, Employee
  Assistance Program, Family and Individual
  Services, Individual, Group and Couples
  Counseling, Psychiatric Services
• 120 Chestnut Street Ridgewood, NJ 07450
• 201-444-3550
• www.westbergen.org

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Available Community Mental Health Resources

• Care Plus NJ
• Psychiatry Services, Outpatient Counseling
  (licensed therapists), Substance Abuse
  Counseling, Trauma Response/Debriefing, In-home
  Clinical Services, Case ManagementChildrens
  Mobile Response Stabilization (for youth in
  crisis), Anger ManagementSocial Skills, Juvenile
  Fire Prevention
• Mid-Bergen Center (HQ)
• 610 Valley Health Plaza, Paramus, NJ 07652
• Fair Lawn Mental Health
• 17-07 Romaine St, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
• Mental Health Resource Center
• 60 South Fullerton Ave., Suite 210, Montclair,
  NJ 07042
• www.careplusnj.org
• [phone]

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Available Community Mental Health Resources

• Center for Neurofeedback and Integrative Health
• ADHD, Depression , Anxiety, Learning Disorders,
  Autism, Aspergers, OCD, PTSD, Recovery,
  Insomnia, Eating/Body/Food Issues, Migraines,
  Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue
• 6 Paramus Ave, Paramus, NJ 07652
• 201-655-7848
• www.cnih.net

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Available Substance Abuse Programs

• High Focus
• Offers partial-day (with school component) and
  out-patient treatment of substance abuse,
  psychiatric disorders, and dual diagnosis.
  Family programs and transportation are also
  available.
• 40 Eisenhower Drive, Paramus, New Jersey
  07652 201-291-0055 or 1-800-877-3628
• www.highfocuscenters.com

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Available Substance Abuse Programs

• Care Plus NJ
• Mid-Bergen Center (HQ)
• 610 Valley Health Plaza, Paramus, NJ 07652Fair
  Lawn Mental Health
• 17-07 Romaine St, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
• Mental Health Resource Center
• 60 South Fullerton Ave., Suite 210, Montclair,
  NJ 07042
• www.careplusnj.org
• [phone]
• Challenge Program of New Jersey
• 175 Market Street Suite 303, Paterson, NJ 07501
• [phone]
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• www.nnjaa.org
• [phone]
• Narcotics Anonymous
• www.nanj.org
• [phone]

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Community Resources

• Private Practitioners
• Names of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and
  Counselors are available through guidance or
  special services
• Support Groups
• Support through religious affiliation

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Family Support Resources

• Bergens Promise
• A government funded, non-profit agency dedicated
  to organizing and coordinating services,
  resources and supports for children and
  adolescents in Bergen County with serious
  emotional and behavioral challenges.
• 218 Route 17 North, 3rd Floor, Rochelle Park, NJ
  07662
• Referrals come through Performcare
  1-877-652-7624
• www.bergenspromise.org

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Crisis Intervention

• 262-HELP Psychiatric Emergency Screening Program
• The designated screening center for Bergen
  County.  Services are available 24 hours per day,
  365 days per year and include
• mobile outreach
• emergency hotline
• immediate referral and linkage to mental health
  providers
• evaluation of individuals who are dangerous to
  themselves, others, or property
• referral to extended crisis intervention
  services 
• (201) 262-HELP (4357) http//www.careplusnj.org/p
  ages/830/Emergency_Screening_Program.htm

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School and/or Community ResourcesWhat is best
for my struggling child?

• There are many resources available within the
  school and community. Please use them, they are
  here for you and your children!!!!