Guidance

Classroom lessons that are based on Pinellas County School’s district model, Commitment to Character. Which include:

• Emotions, coping skills, communication skills 
• Conflict resolution, diversity, tolerance, teamwork
• Community-building

Group work with students

• Friendship/Social Skills/Lunch Buddies

Individual work with students

• Short-term work to meet social, emotional, and behavioral goals 

Crisis intervention

• Help in planning to prevent crises 
• Restore safety and routine after crises 

Consultation with staff and parents/guardians

• Discuss and plan for student needs 
• Provide resources and education 

Referral assistance to services in the community

• Clinical counseling, case management, and emergency

Our Mission

As student advocates, Professional School Counselors provide a comprehensive program that promotes student success through a focus on academic achievement, social/personal, career and multicultural/global citizenship development.

Our Vision

The vision of Pinellas County counselors is for all students to graduate empowered with the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve academic, personal/social, and career success, and to reach their fullest potential as respectful, responsible citizens.

2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc. provides the only free, confidential, multi-lingual, 24-hour dialing code – 2-1-1 – for access to community information, services and resources for the residents of Pinellas.
2-1-1 provides one number that connects individuals, families, and employees to information about critical health and human services available in their community for everyday needs and in times of crisis. 2-1-1 provides a one-stop service for this vital information and enables people to get assistance before they give up by providing someone to talk to and someone to listen. 2-1-1 provides a central source for community, health, and disaster information and referral lines.
https://211tampabay.org/

Welcome to KidsHealth!
If you're looking for information you can trust about kids and teens that's free of "doctor speak," you've come to the right place. KidsHealth is the most-visited site on the Web for information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years.
http://kidshealth.org/
 

Clothes to Kids

The mission of Clothes To Kids is to provide new and quality used clothing to low-income or in crisis, school-age children in Pinellas County, free of charge.

http://www.clothestokids.org/

Bullying Links
www.stopbullying.gov
A federal government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. - Washington, D.C. 2020.
 

Pinellas County Policy on Bullying – Report online

https://www.saysomething.net/

The National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine has recently released short videos to help support emotional wellbeing in children and youth. They may be beneficial to share with families.

https://www.nap.edu/resource/other/dbasse/wellbeing-tools/interactive/index.html

Tools for Younger Children and Their Parents

https://www.nap.edu/resource/other/dbasse/wellbeing-tools/interactive/tools-for-children.html

Tools for Youth and Teens

https://www.nap.edu/resource/other/dbasse/wellbeing-tools/interactive/tools-for-teens.html

Counseling Resources

Chrysalis Health (offering telehealth services and flexible scheduling)

• 888-587-0335

Family Resources (individual and family counseling in office) 1615 Union Street Clearwater, FL

• 727-298-3900

Pinellas Support Team (individual and family counseling in home or office)

• 813-864-1365 or 727-785-2762

Solution Counseling Center (Private Practice- private insurance or EAP)

• 727-784-8244

Suncoast Center, Inc (individual and family counseling)

• 727-388-1220

*Mobile Crisis Response Team is there for immediate help in crisis 24 hours a day

• 727-362-4424

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