Our Mission is to work with students, families, schools and community resources to
enrich a student's success in school.
Student
Assistance
Program
 The
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD's Student Assistance
Program is designed to facilitate success for
all students through prevention and intervention
strategies. Funded by the Texas Education
Agency's Safe & Drug Free Schools and the
school district, the Student Assistance Program
is a cooperative school-community program.
Our
aim is to help students who need to be connected
with services available in our school district
and in the community.
Our
counseling services are strictly confidential.
We
provide curriculum and training for both students
and teachers; a media library for students,
teachers, parents; opportunities for field
trips such as ROPES courses or the Metrocrest
Red Ribbon Breakfast; Peer Mediation; PTA Representative
coordination for each school and community
representation.
Our
Goals 
- Intervene with
students who are
exhibiting
violent behavior (or tendencies), using drugs/alcohol, and/or displaying other social or
emotional problems that interfere with their ability to function in the school
setting.
- Prevent violence and the use of drugs/alcohol
by students within C-FB ISD through education
and life skills training.
Most
substance usage takes place off school grounds out of the jurisdiction of school officials, yet many of the side effects of this use are reflected in students' performance in school. The goal of Student Assistance is to identify adolescents whose behavior, attendance, or grades indicate they may have problems related to alcohol and/or other drug use. Through the different steps which comprise the Student Assistance process, these at-risk adolescents are referred for a professional assessment and directed to appropriate
services.
The
Student Assistance Program Staff
Tamara
Johnson,
M. Ed.,
NCC,
LPC
Tamara joined the S.A.P. in 2001. She is assigned to Ranchview
High School.
Gladys
Ortiz,
M. Ed., LCDC
Lead Student Assistance Counselor,
Gladys Ortiz has worked for the S.A.P. since 1989. She
is the Lead Student Assistance Counselor.
Gladys is assigned to R. L. Turner High School.
Shannon
Johnson,
M. Ed., LPC-S
Shannon Johnson has worked for the S.A.P. since 1993. She
is currently assigned to Newman Smith High School.
Marya
Morgan,
LMSW
Marya joined S.A.P. in 2004. She is currently assigned to Creekview
High School. |
Counselors
The
group
of Student Assistance Counselors are very talented and highly educated on the current issues of Mental Health. If you live in C-FB ISD and have children attending our schools, you are eligible to see one of our
counselors.
Contact
Information
Administration: 972-968-6540
To
Schedule a counseling appointment: 972-968-6500
Student
Assistance
Counselors:
Shannon
Johnson: 972-968-5242
(NSHS)
Tamara
Johnson: 972-968-5030
(RHS)
Marya
Morgan:
972-968-4970
(CVHS)
Gladys
Ortiz-Garcia
(Lead
SA
Counselor): 972-968-5443
(RLT)
Mailing
Address
Student
Assistance
Program
1820
Pearl
St.,
Building
B
Carrollton,
Texas 75006
Violence Intervention
and
Crisis Intervention Screenings
Student Assistance Counselors
provide On-Call, 24 hr./7 days-a-week coverage of Violence Intervention/Crisis
Intervention Screenings. Any Principal interested in having a
potentially violent student assessed, needs to fill out a "Violence
Intervention Form," call Security and it will be delivered
to our office within 30 minutes. If it is an emergency, the form
can be filled out later. The Violence Intervention or Crisis
Intervention will be followed up with in a timely manner and
the results reported back to the Campus Administration.
Individual
Counseling and Support Groups
Student Assistance
Counselors provide individual and support group counseling
in the secondary schools. Depending on the need of the
follow-up for crisis interventions, the counselors may
provide limited counseling in the elementary schools.
Family
Counseling and Play Therapy
Student
Assistance Counselors provide Family Counseling
and Play Therapy in the Evenings, M-W throughout
the calendar year at the C-FB ISD Counseling
Center. This service is provided for a low fee.
Prevention
The
Student
Assistance
Program
provides
prevention
activities
for students
and training
for teachers
and other
staff.
To prevent a student from becoming involved in alcohol, drugs
or other violent activity, we provide a variety of programs
and support services to the student, classroom teacher, guidance
counselors, administrators, and parents. Below we have
listed some of our prevention program and activities. Some
of these services combine both prevention and intervention
services.
The services include:
- Violence
Prevention/Intervention Counseling
Substance Abuse Screenings Individual
Counseling Family Counseling
($20.00 fee per session) Support
Groups: These groups are designed
to help strengthen coping and
decision-making skills Awareness
Groups Recovery Groups Insight
Groups Referrals:
The
Student
Assistance
Program
provides
information
about
services
in
the
school
and
community.
Families
are
referred
to
outside
agencies
for
financial/medical
assistance,
counseling,
assessments,
and
screenings
when
requested
or
needed.
Teacher/Staff
Training:
- Peer
Mediation Drug Prevention
Quest Training Ethics/Legal
Issues
- Violence
and Gang Prevention
- Student
Leadership Training:
- Peer
Mediation Training ROPES
courses MADD Summer Camp
Other leadership workshops/conventions
- Red
Ribbon and prevention materials
are provided through the
Student Assistance Program
to C-FB ISD students/staff/administration,
and private schools.
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