Student Services
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Mission
Student Services is committed to supporting the instructional process by identifying and eliminating barriers to learning, advocating for the needs of the whole child, and empowering all students to become lifelong learners in the 21st century.
Purpose and Goals
The Student Services department provides support to schools through:
- Student Services personnel assigned to schools
- School-based Student Services teams
- Initiatives, programs, activities, and services are designed to assist schools in their support of student achievement and well-being. The success of Student Services is dependent upon collaborative participation and communication between all stakeholders; this includes the student, school personnel, parents/guardians, and community partners.
The work of Student Services is not academically content-specific. However, services are designed with an individual student’s needs or a broader targeted area of concern as the focus. They may be implemented across curricular areas, and they may address issues that are not “academic” in nature but negatively impact the student or school in some way.
Professional Staff
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Military Family and Youth Liaison
The military family and youth liaison (MFYL) is available to assist military-connected students. Working in partnership with our local and military community, the MYFL acts as a communication link between the installation and the school district in order to ease the transition for the military child. The MFYL coordinates and supports the efforts to: assess needs, build awareness of resources, and connect those with needs to supportive solutions. In addition, the MFYL provides prevention, crisis, and conflict resolution.
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School Counselors
Professional school counselors are certified/licensed educators with a minimum of a master’s degree in school counseling. They are uniquely qualified to address all students’ academic, personal/social, and career development needs by designing, implementing, evaluating, and enhancing a comprehensive school counseling program that promotes and enhances student success. They also provide consultation to parents and students. In addition, they provide prevention, crisis, and conflict resolution.
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School Health Services
The Health Services Division is a combination of health education, physical education, and health services. It includes a planned, sequential K-12 program that integrates information about specific health topics. In addition, school nurses facilitate health services such as immunizations, follow-up, communicable disease control, vision and hearing screening and follow-up, health assessments and referrals, health counseling, information for students and families, medication administration, and developing health plans for individual students.
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School Psychologists
School psychologists are highly trained in both psychology and education, completing a minimum of a specialist-level degree program. They provide assessment and testing of students for special services, consultation for teachers, and counseling for students. In addition, they provide prevention, crisis, conflict resolution, and program modification for special and/or behavioral needs.
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School Social Workers
School Social Workers are trained mental health professionals with a Bachelor's or Master's degree in social work. They are the link between the home, school, and the community. School social workers provide direct as well as indirect services to students, families, and school personnel, such as monitoring school attendance, promoting dropout prevention, consultation, information and referral, identification of at-risk students, and counseling. In addition, they provide prevention, crisis, and conflict resolution.
Contact Us
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Student Services
2465 Gillespie Street
Fayetteville, NC 28306
Phone: 910-678-2433
Fax: 910-678-2617Dr. Natasha Scott, MSW
Executive Director