Student Support Services

If you or someone you know is in an emergency, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or call 911.

The National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) has this to say –

“While suicide prevention is important to address year-round, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month provides a dedicated time to come together with collective passion and strength around a difficult topic. The truth is, we can all benefit from honest conversations about mental health conditions and suicide, because just one conversation can change a life. Suicidal thoughts, much like mental health conditions, can affect anyone regardless of age, gender or background. In fact, suicide is often the result of an untreated mental health condition. Suicidal thoughts, although common, should not be considered normal and often indicate more serious issues. In 2016 alone, nearly 45,000 individuals died by suicide, leaving behind their friends and family members to navigate the tragedy of loss. In many cases, friends and families affected by a suicide loss (often called “suicide loss survivors”) are left in the dark. Too often the feelings of shame and stigma prevent them from talking openly.

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month—a time to share resources and stories in an effort to shed light on this highly taboo and stigmatized topic. We use this month to reach out to those affected by suicide, raise awareness and connect individuals with suicidal ideation to treatment services. It is also important to ensure that individuals, friends and families have access to the resources they need to discuss suicide prevention. NAMI is here to help.”

Click here to learn more about suicide prevention from NAMI.

https://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Suicide-Prevention-Awareness-Month

The Society for Prevention of Teen suicide has this to say –

“One of the more difficult challenges of parenting is realizing that you don’t always know what your children are thinking and feeling. You may be aware that suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescence, but you can’t imagine your child might become one of those statistics. When do the normal ups and downs of adolescence become something to worry about? How can you know if suicide is a risk for your family? And if you are worried about it, what can you do?”

Parents click here for answers.

http://www.sptsusa.org/parents/

CRISIS RESOURCES

Mobile Crisis Team Numbers

Maricopa County Mobile Crisis 602-222-9444

Pima County NurseWise Mobile Crisis 866-495-6735

Northern AZ Mobile Crisis 877-756-4090

AZ Crisis Hotline Numbers

Empact Suicide Prevention Crisis Line 480-784-1500 in Maricopa County
866-205-5229 in other Arizona Counties

Teen Lifeline – Peer hotline 3:00-9:00 PM 602-248-TEEN (8336)

Crisis Text Line Text HOME to 741741

National Suicide Crisis Lines

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255

National Alliance On Mental Health Hotline 800-950-6264

Hope Suicide Hotline 877-235-4525

When times are stressful, finding the right resources and support can be a challenge! As your AZVA High school Student Resource Coordinator, I am here to help you figure out solutions to the stressful social, school, or family situations that may be negatively impacting your student's success here at AZVA! Check out our optional September Student Support Services Groups! Open to all AZVA High School students.

AZVA High School Small Group Sessions (Multiple sessions – limited size, so register soon!)

Register online here: https://forms.gle/d9tL8Zw8Ri5VPuG3A

Stress Busters: Anxiety and Stress Coping Support

Every other Thursday starting September 12th at 12:00 PM

Little Wonders: Teen Pregnancy and Parenting Support

Every other Tuesday starting September 17th at 3:00 PM

AZVA Large Group Session (One session only will be offered and is open to all AZVA High School Students! Students can find information on the session in class connect)

Decrease Stress to Increase Motivation: Coping Skills

September 19th at 12:00 PM

Did you know:

Student Support Services (Advisors, Student Resource Coordinators, Attendance Specialist, etc.) at all our schools have made a grand total of 15,115 calls and have spent 613 hours and 45 minutes in calls during the month of August.

Did you know:

From 8/26-8/30 both schools have logged a total of 7,735 notes that show connections and attempted connections with our students and families. THANK you for FINDING a WAY to make those connections with our family.

Did you know:

During the month of August we have had over 6223 page views to our District Web site with over 1752 new users to the site at this time. The top ten pages so far this month include; Home page, School Community(SY19-20 school calendars), Blended Learning, Middle School, Learning Coach University, Blended Learning-Tucson, Blended Learning-Phoenix, School Community, Attendance and Truancy, Special Services.

Please do keep sharing this resource with your families and bookmark it as well http://bit.ly/2yFispt.

At this time, we will be using a slight different path to request support for your students . PLEASE be sure you listen to this recording below and follow the steps to request support for your students.

The link to request support is: http://bit.ly/2zbZpmL

Requests for intervention support can be made for:

• Social Emotional concerns
• Learning Coach Support
• Attendance support
• Academic and Engagement escalations (TIER 3 Department administration escalations)

Watch this short video below to review how to utilize this form.

As part of the Find a Way program you will see featured in this newsletter advisors that have made 100+ calls during the past week. These advisors have gone above and beyond and have stretched the amount of calls typically made in a given week. Congrats this week go out to:

Elementary School:

Shannon Drewniak (118 calls made)

Karen Bartlett (110 calls made)

ISAZ:

Karla Stark (136 calls made)

Hilary Huntley (102 calls made)

Bailey Uphaus (119 calls made)

Danielle Plesher (212 calls made)

Janeen Belden (138 calls made)

As part of the Find a Way program you will see featured in this newsletter advisors that have connect with their families on the phone for 5 or more hours the past week. These advisors have gone above and beyond and have stretched the amount of time we typically see for phone calls. This is important as the number of calls made. Congrats this week go out to:

Elementary School:

Karen Bartlett (9:23 hours spent on calls)

Heather Ovalle (6:49 hours spent on calls)

AZVA High School:

Patti Van Voorst (8:39 hours spent on calls)

ISAZ:

Karla Stark (6:24 hours spent on calls)

Janeen Belden (7:09 hours spent on calls)

Hilary Huntley (5:03 hours spent on calls)

Meredith Bragg (6:42 hours spent on calls)

Shannon Rivera (7:57 hours spent on calls)

Danielle Plesher (7:44 hours spent on calls)

Our schools are very excited to present this online class to help prepare our families for the rigors of schooling in an online public school. This is a program that families will be able to come back and reference throughout the school year, and can access this course on a computer or with mobile devices.

A family can access this course through our district website OR you can share the link below with families. This is a GREAT resource for new families and they should be encouraged to complete and get their certification. This is also a GREAT refresher for your returning families- they should also get their certification. Advisors will be notified when families have completed this as well. This is another tool to help our families get connected with our school and excited to engage.

If you have questions on this program or need further information contact Daisha Oshiro at daoshiro@k12.com.

Learning Coach University: http://bit.ly/2T61kmb

August #1: https://www.smore.com/wqk6f-student-support-services

August #2: https://www.smore.com/0mkf2-student-support-services

August #3: https://www.smore.com/qbm5c-student-support-services

August #4: https://www.smore.com/xsyqv

September #1: https://www.smore.com/j9vfu

Student Support Administrator

LC University: http://bit.ly/2T61kmb

District Website: http://bit.ly/2yFispt

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Email: elhall@k12.com
Phone: 480-626-1068