School Psychologist Services

School Psychologists focus on social, emotional and cognitive factors that impact students' educational achievement. The role of the school psychologist includes:

• Assisting educators to understand and develop programs and curricula tat respond to individual differences and the varied ways in which children learn
• Teaching students and staff about peaceful ways to resolve conflicts, strategies for managing and coping with crisis, effective communication skills, and positive discipline methods
• Identifying needs and developing programs that prevent problems before they occur
• Working with policy makers, teachers, administrators, social workers, counselors, parents and nurses to ensure that the educational needs of the students are met
• Developing and encouraging home-school relationships which make families a part of the educational process to help ensure students' success
• Developing and implementing assessments and interventions that are appropriate and nondiscriminatory. Assessments include standardized measurements, classroom observations and intake interviews
• Providing individual and group counseling services as recommended by the IEP team
• Providing parent education workshops

	Services
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Plainville Community Schools
Pupil Personnel Services
Maureen Schiffer, Director
47 Robert Holcomb Way
Plainville, CT 06062
(860) 793-3214