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Published in the January, 2003 Comet Newsletter Welcome to the Social Work Corner. I am the social worker at Shepard and I wanted to update you
on some of the programs that are going on in your school. Special groups were held first semester to assist students
in a number of areas. These groups included two groups on friendship, one group
on positive social interactions, and one group for pregnant teens and teen moms.
Metropolitan Family Services has been working with me to provide a group
on anger management and conflict resolution. Two therapists have been coming in
once a week for five weeks to assist in providing this service.
Participants for the various groups have been identified and recommended
by their teachers and administrators. More
groups will be facilitated second semester including a grief and loss group for
students who have lost a member of their immediate family. The Free and Reduced Priced Lunch Program has completed the
final stage of verification. Since
this program is funded by the state of Illinois there are specific guidelines
that must be followed including verifying the income of three percent of all
participants. Random selections of
applications were chosen to be verified. Any
application that was chosen to be verified had to provide proof of income.
If they did not they were automatically removed from the program. Second semester is Annual Review season.
Any student who receives Special Education services will have their
yearly meeting to discuss progress and programming for next year.
Parents of these students should be receiving their invitations to these
meetings within the next couple of months.
Parents are encouraged to call and reschedule the meeting time if they
are unable to attend during the assigned time.
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