Social work services play a vital role in student performance and success. It is the school social worker’s role to be the link between school, home and the community to address social, emotional and family issues in order for our students to achieve favorable educational outcomes. Social workers provide clinical intervention to address the diverse social, economic and emotional needs of the students and families.
Services include:
- Individual and Group Counseling – focused on developing students’ motivation, self-regulation, interpersonal relationships, coping skills, problem-solving skills, and ability to set and achieve goals.
- Psychosocial Education & Group Work – Classroom presentations including Project SUCCESS and the Transition Team’s Social-Emotional Support Program; Meditation; Yoga Club; Pinewood-Draper Study Buddy Program; Mediation; Pinewood Pals Program; Peers for Peace; Study Circles; Apples to Apples, etc.
- Case Management – Referrals; collaboration and consultation with school and community-based providers; supportive interventions to students and families; Pinewood Family Fund.
- Crisis Intervention – Suicide assessments; child safety response; risk assessments, etc.
INFORMATION
Diane Blinn, LCSW-R
Student Assistance Counselor
BOCES CAPIT Program
Mohonasen High School
518.356.8313
dblinn@mohonasen.org
Jenn Jeffs
Social Worker
Mohonasen High School
518.356.8347
jjeffs@mohonasen.org
Elizabeth Haynesworth, LMSW
School Social Worker
Pinewood, Draper, Mohonasen High School
518.356.8443
ehaynesworth@mohonasen.org
Paola Cummings, LCSWR
School Social Worker
Draper Middle School
518.356.8375
pucmmings@Mohonasen.org
Alexandria Lupo
School Social Worker
Bradt Primary School
518.356.8419
alupo@mohonasen.org
Peg Sutton, LCSW-R
School Social Worker
518.356.8312
msutton@mohonasen.org
Christopher Ruberti
Foster Care Liaison
rubertich@mohonasen.org
518.356.8210
Deborah Kavanaugh
Supervisor of Guidance and Social Work Department
K-12
518.356.8256
dkavanaugh@mohonasen.org