At Camas Ridge, we strive to provide a comprehensive school counseling program that provides curriculum related to mindsets and behaviors for all students, providing targeted skill instruction, responsive services (individual problem-solving and short-term counseling when needed), referrals to community agencies as needed, and systems-level support at Camas Ridge and the district, as appropriate.Students are typically identified as candidates for participating in a small group by their teacher, based on observation and data from staff related to students across settings, or across years. Since the times are different now, students may be having challenges with big emotions, new worries, or other issues that we may not be aware of or may not present when we interact with them.

To request consideration of your child for a small group, please complete this Small Group Consideration form.

Distance learning is hard. It is hard because it is new and different. It is hard right now because there are many other issues and obstacles that are impacting our lives and/or the lives of others in our community. As parents and facilitators of our youth’s’ education, there may be many things to consider and plan around, such as managing screen time, establishing consistent and healthy routines, working through disappointment and frustrations, in addition to meeting basic needs for food, shelter, emotional engagement and connection, and self-care.

We would like to help by providing time for parents to come together to learn about, collaborate, and problem-solve some of these challenges. I plan to work with other school counselors, social workers, and other specialists in the field to cover a range of topics.

To help us design these groups so it can be useful to you, please complete this Parent Chats Survey

EWEB’s bill assistance program opens on the first day of each month. You can apply on-line at: http://www.eweb.org/residential-customers/income-based-assistance/customer-care-application or by calling 541-685-7000. The program has run out of funds quickly, so apply at 9:00 am and have your information ready.

Jaime HockSchool Psychologist

hock_j@4j.lane.edu