Woodside High School’s Counseling and Advocacy for Teens (C.A.T.) Program 2009
Woodside High School’s C.A.T. program exists to provide all students with the necessary support to be successful students. We provide individual and group counseling for students as well as parent resources for students who are referred by our Guidance Counselors and staff. Kymberlee Stanley, LCSW, a licensed clinical social worker and school counselor, developed this program in the Fall of 2007 after working as a guidance counselor and school social worker. She conceived the idea after seeing the need for students to receive individual counseling support on campus when families may have limited resources to be seen outside of school.
1. Counseling services are provided by Ms. Stanley and five MFT Intern Trainees from Notre Dame de Namur University and Santa Clara University. Ms. Stanley is the clinical supervisor for the counseling interns who are completing their practicum hours toward their MFT graduate program. Weekly individual and group supervision is provided to all interns. Staff and guidance counselors are included in assessments of student needs and support plans to help students succeed.
2. Students are referred to the program by their guidance counselors based on academic, social, personal, or crisis counseling needs. Students receive services free of charge for as long as determined necessary for treatment, and are referred to community resources as needed.
3. The program has served over 205 students since September 2007 with individual and group counseling as well as crisis intervention and referrals. We also have served over 850 students so far this year in Suicide Prevention Education presentations in the classrooms. We have received positive feedback from staff and students that the information has been helpful in preparing them to know the warning signs, educate them about teen depression. how to get help if needed, and how to get help for a friend in crisis.
4. All therapists work closely with Woodside Staff to help meet students’ academic goals and to coordinate services. This includes parent contact and permission as well as referrals to community services as needed.
5. Ms. Stanley works two days a week (Mondays and Thursdays), and each NDNU MFT Intern work one-three days per week. There is a therapist available every day and all services are provided in several offices on campus. All therapists are available by phone, email or by appointment, and all work with students is compliant with BBS and ASCA standards for confidentiality and legal/ethical guidelines.
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