Student Support Counseling is available at any time during the school day. We are able to help and support students with whatever issues they may be facing. For some students they may want to talk and others just may need a quiet, safe place to go. Others, may have concerns about someone they know. Either way we are available.
If the issue is something more than what we can handle here at school, we can connect families to those needed resources. We also want to encourage the collaboration with any outside agency you may be working with. We have the students for the majority of their day so working together as a team will be most beneficial and effective for the student!
Please contact us!
If the issue is something more than what we can handle here at school, we can connect families to those needed resources. We also want to encourage the collaboration with any outside agency you may be working with. We have the students for the majority of their day so working together as a team will be most beneficial and effective for the student!
Please contact us!
Join Challenge Success Co-Founders Dr. Denise Pope and Dr. Madeline Levine with special guest Lori Gottlieb* for our joint annual parent education event and fall fundraiser.
Together, they will examine how 2020 has highlighted the importance of well-being and relationships.
*Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and author of the New York Times bestseller Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. In addition to her clinical practice, she writes The Atlantic’s weekly “Dear Therapist” column and co-hosts the new iHeart Radio podcast, “Dear Therapists.”
Together, they will examine how 2020 has highlighted the importance of well-being and relationships.
- How might we gain perspective and redefine what really matters for our children, families, and schools?
- How can we redesign and reimagine education to best support students to become balanced, healthy, and engaged learners?
*Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and author of the New York Times bestseller Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. In addition to her clinical practice, she writes The Atlantic’s weekly “Dear Therapist” column and co-hosts the new iHeart Radio podcast, “Dear Therapists.”
- What do college rankings really
measure?
- Are students who attend higher ranked
colleges better off later in life?
- What is “fit” and why does it matter?
Learn strategies to help reduce pressure around the college admissions process and ways to support students' well-being and readiness for life in college and beyond. With the pandemic inserting more uncertainty into this process, we will include a Q&A at the end to answer some of your most pressing questions.
“This presentation is excellent and essential for our students and their parents. Now what we really need is for them to see it in ninth grade so it can guide their entire high school experience.” - High School Administrator
How can parents best support the personal and academic needs of their children while also attending to their own professional and family needs?
In this presentation, caregivers will learn how they can establish a healthier home environment for their school-aged child, reduce academic stress without sacrificing achievement, and increase resilience, creativity, and well-being.
In this presentation, caregivers will learn how they can establish a healthier home environment for their school-aged child, reduce academic stress without sacrificing achievement, and increase resilience, creativity, and well-being.
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Social relationships are highly linked to happiness and mental well-being. Especially during this long time period of uncertainty and social distancing, maintaining social relationships can become more difficult. Here are some ways to stay connected.
Please scroll the Speaker Series section for additional presentations and free learning opportunities in our community covering topics like managing teen depression as a family, effective communication, mindfulness, and stress reduction in teens and support groups for parents of teenagers dealing with mental health struggles. |
Texas Health and Human Services launched a statewide mental health support line to help those experiencing anxiety, stress or emotional challenges during the pandemic.
The number is 833-986-1919 and it operates 24 hours a day.
The number is 833-986-1919 and it operates 24 hours a day.
We encourage everyone to print this card and carry it with them at all times.
We would also urge you to pull out your cell phone right now and save
1-800-273-TALK (8255). Save a Number, Save a Life!
Crisis Text Line - TEXT “START” TO 741741
Local Resources -
Austin Travis County Integral Care - Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT) - 512-472-HELP
911 - tell them it's a mental health emergency
Any Emergency Department
Dell Children's Mental Health Unit admission line 512-324-0029
Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) 512-472-4357
Don't miss the National Suicide Prevention Week blog post (and this one) with tons
of helpful resources!
We would also urge you to pull out your cell phone right now and save
1-800-273-TALK (8255). Save a Number, Save a Life!
Crisis Text Line - TEXT “START” TO 741741
Local Resources -
Austin Travis County Integral Care - Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT) - 512-472-HELP
911 - tell them it's a mental health emergency
Any Emergency Department
Dell Children's Mental Health Unit admission line 512-324-0029
Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) 512-472-4357
Don't miss the National Suicide Prevention Week blog post (and this one) with tons
of helpful resources!
We’d like to remind you that everyone deserves a safe and healthy relationship. Remember, love has many definitions, but abuse isn’t one of them. If you or someone you know has a question about a relationship, healthy or unhealthy, visit loveisrespect.org or text “loveis” to 22522.
We are excited to announce that Westlake has been accepted to be part of the Challenge Success program next year! We encourage you to read up on the program, follow them on facebook and review our SEL information.
Stay tuned for more information. If you have questions, contact Katie Bryant.
Stay tuned for more information. If you have questions, contact Katie Bryant.
Want even more now, check out these books:
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
Excellent Sheep
Grit
The Price of Privilege
Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids
The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting: Raising Children with Courage, Compassion, and Connection
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee (geared towards younger children)
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
Excellent Sheep
Grit
The Price of Privilege
Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids
The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting: Raising Children with Courage, Compassion, and Connection
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee (geared towards younger children)
Getting your child involved in some type of activity and keeping them busy is
another great way to look at substance use prevention!
Here is our list of clubs!
another great way to look at substance use prevention!
Here is our list of clubs!
