Guidance Overview
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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.
Therapeutic List
Hunterdon Behavioral Health (24-hours)
Hunterdon Medical Center
908-788-6401
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Resources for Parents:
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) 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.comfortzonecamp.org Free weekend camp for bereaved children ages 7-17
http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/grief.htm
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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.
.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.
Character Ed:
NJ Hope Line
(suicide prevention) 1- (855)-654-6735
(suicide prevention) 1- (855)-654-6735
Call 1- (855) 652-3737
(click here for more information)
(click here for more information)
The Peer Recovery Warmline:
Call 1- (877) 292-5588
Call 1- (877) 292-5588
1-844-276-2777
Veterans Counseling Hotline
CALL 1-866-VETS-NJ4 (1-866-838-7654)
Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit www.800gambler.org
This service provides 24 hour information to help compulsive gamblers and referrals to self-help groups and counseling services.
CALL 1 866-COP-2COP (267-2267)
CALL 1-877-914-MOM2 (6662)
CALL OR TEXT 1-888-222-2228