Guidance / Guidance Overview

Welcome to the C.P.S. Guidance Department

Name: Angela McVerry
Email Address: amcverry@cpsnj.org
Phone number: 735-0950, ext 251

Name: Courtney Duryea

Email Address: cduryea@cpsnj.org

Phone number: 908-735-8512 ext 253

Welcome! If there is anything we can do to help you and your child, please don't hesitate to call or email us.

The Clinton Public School Guidance program is designed to help students develop positive self-concepts and effective decision-making skills. The guidance counselor works with students individually and in groups, assisting with school-related and personal concerns. Counseling services may concern career and academic planning, personal or crisis counseling. The counselor is available to any student or parent who wishes to address concerns, gain information or discuss alternative plans of action to get the best for each student. Assistance is available for students for high school placement and with the preparation of their freshman high school schedules.

HIB

The Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act, signed into law on January 2011, went into effect with the 2011-2012 school year. A copy of the law and our corresponding new Code of Conduct are available on the CPS website. If you have any questions, contact Jenine Kastner, Anti-Bullying Coordinator @ 735-8512 or Angela McVerry, Anti-Bullying Specialist @ 735-0950, ext 251.

Bullying or Not

Help for Parents on how to talk to children about mass shootings

Therapeutic List

Hunterdon Behavioral Health (24-hours)

Hunterdon Medical Center

908-788-6401

Grief Resources

Children's Mobile Response and Stabilization Services

Responds to the home within an hour of dispatch.

Assessment of a behavioral or emotional crisis.

Professional assistance to prevent or de-escalate crisis.

877-652-7624

Hunterdon Helpline (24-hours)

908-735-HELP (4357)

908-782-HELP (4357)

1-800-272-INFO (4630)

Child and Teen Success Centers

Mountainside, NJ 07092

908-232-6432

www.childrensuccess.com

SAFE in Hunterdon

Flemington, NJ 08822

908-788-7666
888-988-4033 (24-hour service)

Hunterdon Prevention Resources

Flemington, NJ 08822

908-782-3909

GSAAP - Anxiety Disorders Clinic

Piscataway, NJ
732-445-5384

Dr. Steven Gordon

Behavior Therapy Associates

Somerset, NJ 08873

732-873-1212

Dr. Hubsher, Medical Director
ADHD Center of Northern New Jersey

Morristown, NJ 07960
973-605-5000

Catholic Charities

Barbara Rouskas

Flemington, NJ 08822

908-782-7905

Sharon Rausenberger

Bloomsbury, NJ 08804

908-388-3500 extension 3

Dee Wright, MSW, LSW, LCADC

Flemington, NJ 08822

908-328-4307

Verna M. Hegstrom

Clinton, NJ 08809

908-730-8138

Kit Riley, Ph.D., MSW

Karen Steifel, CSW

Martha McDougal, LCSW

Flemington, NJ 08822

908-788-9401

Oldwick Associates

Oldwick, NJ 08858

908-439-3456

Lori Rayner-Grossi

Clinton, NJ 08809

908-730-7608

908-246-2008

Sarah Marvin

Clinton, NJ 08809

201-925-2106

Raymond Terranova

Clinton, NJ 08809

908-894-3191

Carrie Genovisi

Flemington, NJ 08822

908-616-1182

Karin Gruss, MSW, LCSW

Clinton, NJ 08809

908-343-0073

908-364-5552

Douglas Haymaker, PhD

Stephanie Haymaker, PhD

Bridgewater, NJ 08807

908-429-9300 extension 1

Anne Picardo, LCSW

Pottersville, NJ 07979

908-439-3340

Jeffrey Harrison

Nancy Hickey Harrison, PsyD

Flemington, NJ 08822

908-788-4048

Victoria Width

Clinton, Phillipsburgh, NJ

908-454-7244

Michael Prezioso

Clinton, NJ 08809

908-735-0097

David Krauss

Metuchen, NJ

08840

609-466-5662

Affiliates in Clinical Services

Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

908-454-7244

Kimberly Leatherdale, LPC, ATR

Somerset Area

908-256-4479

Carol Fischbach, LCSW

Clinton, NJ 08809

908-638-6625

Jed Baker Social Skills Training

Somerset, NJ

732-214-1200

Nicci Spinazzola, Eds, LMFT, LPC, BCETS

Trauma Specialist

Morristown, NJ

973-292-0682 x 7

908-253-3160 Bridgewater Office

Katharine Bergacs, LCSW

Flemington, NJ 08822

908-310-8101

http://www.myplaceforpeace.com

Kristin Kuehner Ravo, LCSW

Long Valley, NJ 07853

908-876-8764

Lauren Ordner, MS, LPC
Lebanon, NJ 08833
908-210-3086

LaurenOrdner@volitionwellness.com

www.LaurenOrdnerLPC.com

Gina Kassel

Bridgewater, NJ

908-658-3167

SOCIAL SKILLS INFORMATION

Clinton Public School does not endorse one Social Skills professional over another. Please contact the Social Skills professional and choose who you are the most comfortable with and who you feel will help you the most.

Behavior Therapy Associates

Somerset, NJ 08873

(732) 873-1212

Hi Step Summer Social Skills Program

(732) 873-1212

www.BehaviorTherapyAssociates.com

histep@comcast.net

Dr. Jed Baker

Somerset, NJ 08873

(732) 214-1200

(973) 313-1803 (Bev - partner)

Ms. Megan Deuel

Hunterdon Medical Center

Hunterdon Behavioral Health

Flemington, NJ 08822

(908) 788-6401 ext. 3230

The Friendship Connection

Eileen Wotanowski

(973) 441-9116

merton1275@gmail.com

D&M Counseling

Michele D’Amico and David Moscowitz

Flemington, NJ 08822

(908) 284-4790

Cheryl Santos, Director

Chid’s Play Social Skills Center

Warren, NJ 07059

(908) 647-4433

Help for Parents on how to discuss difficult topics with their children

Resources for Parents:

Helping Children Deal with Scary News http://pbskids.org/rogers//parentsteachers/special/scarynews-thoughts.html

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)-naminj.org non-profit organization seeking to improve the lives of all individuals affected by mental illness.

DCP&P (Division of Child Protection and Permanency-formerly DYFS) 1-877-652-2873 to report suspected physical, mental, or sexual abuse or neglect.

Children's Mobile Response & Stabilization Services 1-877-652-7624 intervention services dispatched to site of crisis within one hour of call. For children ages 5-18 with the purpose of stabilizing the behavior.

FCIU (Family Crisis Intervention) 908-788-6401 Free service aiding families with truancy issues.

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Great resources include:

Grief

GOOD GRIEF: Morristown, NJ free year round grief support for children ages 3-18 who have lost a parent, sibling or other significant person through death. Parent/guardian group meets same time.

www.good-grief.org

www.comfortzonecamp.org Free weekend camp for bereaved children ages 7-17

www.dougy.org

www.journeyofhearts.org

http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/death.html

http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/grief.htm .
http://www.nmha.org/reassurance/childcoping.cfm .
http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/disaster.htm .
National Institute of Mental Health. Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters. Available at: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm .

Character Ed:

www.randomactsofkindness.org

www.goodcharacter.com

www.character.org

www.charactercounts.org

http://teach-nology.com

http://tolerance.org

http://connectionparenting.com

Internet Safety:

http://netsmartz.org

http://wiredsafety.org

	ReachNJ 1- (844)-732-2465
	NJ Hope Line (suicide prevention) 1- (855)-654-6735
	Call 1- (855) 652-3737 (click here for more information)
	The Peer Recovery Warmline: Call 1- (877) 292-5588
	National Suicide Hotline call 1-800-273-8255 National Suicide Prevention Week 9/12/17
	NJ Mental Health Cares 1-866-202-HELP (4357) or TTY: 1-877-294-4356 or E-mail: help@njmentalhealthcares.org
	IME Addictions Access Center 1-844-276-2777
	Veterans Counseling Hotline CALL 1-866-VETS-NJ4 (1-866-838-7654)
	Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visitwww.800gambler.org This service provides 24 hour information to help compulsive gamblers and referrals to self-help groups and counseling services.
	American Association of Poison Control Centers
	NJ Cop to Cop CALL 1 866-COP-2COP (267-2267)
	NJ Mom to Mom CALL 1-877-914-MOM2 (6662)
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