Social & Emotional Support

Middle School Counselors:

• Facilitate, coordinate and manage 504 process
• Refer families to community services
• Offer substance use/abuse prevention & referral
• Support needs of homeless students
• Provide individual and whole school crisis intervention
• Teach self-awareness, self-management and emotional regulation skills
• Teach decision making and relationship skills
• Collaborate with parents/guardians
• Provide individual and group counseling
• Facilitate meetings, conferences and mediations between all stakeholders
• Provide intervention support for student truancy
• Perform classroom observations to assess student behavior and provide recommendations for intervention plans
• Recognize mental health needs and provide referral resources
• Refer families and/or child for legal services and facilitate protective services
• Facilitate transitions between grade levels and program placements

Counseling Services

• Frontier Behavioral Health
  107 S. Division St, Spokane, WA 99202
  (509) 838-4651
• Lutheran Community Services Northwest
  210 W. Sprague Ave., Spokane, WA 99201
  (509) 747-8224
• N.A.T.I.V.E. Project
  1803 W. Maxwell Ave., Spokane, WA 99201
  (509) 325-5502
• Family Service Spokane
  7 South Howard, Suite 321, Spokane, WA 99201
  (509) 838-4128

Crisis Resources

• Regional Behavioral Health Crisis Line 24/7
  1-877-266-1818
• Crisis Text Line
  Text: 741741
• National Youth Crisis Hotline
  24-hour hotline. Specializing in drug treatment, pregnancy, suicide, etc.
  800-442-HOPE
• Child Protective Services
  24-hour hotline. State-wide
  1-800-ENDHARM
• The Trevor Project Lifeline
  Crisis support
  1-866-488-7386
• Crosswalk
  Teen Emergency Shelter
  (509) 838-6596
• Sexual Assault Crisis Line
  24-hour hotline
  (509) 624-7273
• Crime Victim Crisis Line
  24-hour hotline
  (509) 751-7119