Ellen Garcia

Perform screening for developmental, social, emotional and behavioral well-being for early identification and primary prevention of challenges, and for timely and responsive assessment or intervention services needed for at-risk students.

Assists with screening for Exceptional Student Education (ESE). Performs assessments such as psychosocial/developmental history, adaptive behavioral measurements, and classroom observation.

Prepares individualized assessments and incorporate parents’, students’, and teachers’ perspectives and performance objectives into final assessments.

Engage in assessment process with clients referred.

Utilize assessment tools, such as the GAD-7, CSSRS and PHQ-9.

Diagnose clients with mental health disorders.

Provide outpatient mental health services to children and adults.

Create crisis safety plans and suicide safety plans with clients.

Utilize outcome measures, CFARS & FARS.

Referring clients to internal and external services.

Social work intern in the Helpline Service Department crisis center(988).

Answer calls for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

Engage in active listening skills, ensuring the callers story is heard, while providing support.

Assess for risk of suicide and contact local emergency services.

Intervene and ensure caller can agree to a safety plan

Evaluate technique for outcome progress.

Place abuse reports for children, elderly and disabled to DCF.

Refer callers to services in the community.

Provide detailed documentation of calls received.