Community mentoring connects students with trusted adults who provide guidance, support, and encouragement.
Contact Person:
Jacob Weiers
https://centerpointga.org/mentoring/
The Employee Assistance Program offers up to five face-to-face sessions each year for individual counseling, legal support, and financial planning. Online resources are always available and include timely articles, tutorials, “ask the expert” tool, and will preparation program.
Contact Person:
Laura Terrell
School-based health center serving students, staff, and family members
Contact Person:
Andrea Williamson-English/School Nurse
andrea.williamson-en@hallco.org
FREE Counseling Services for our HCSD students and their families, and high school students may self-refer. Located in Chicopee Village next to Ivester Early College, for all Hall County Employees, Hall County student families, and the community will be served on a sliding scale of no more than $20 per regular visit.
Students and staff can access tele-mental health services offered by many of the 22 MOUs serving Hall County Schools. These services provide convenient, confidential counseling and support through secure virtual platforms. This allows for flexible scheduling and expanded access to mental health care without leaving the school setting.
Contact Person:
Laura Terrell
Student services staff, school counselors, and school social workers provide consultation and resources to support families and staff. This includes guidance on mental health, academic, and social-emotional needs, as well as connections to community-based services.
Contact Person:
Laura Terrell
The Request for Assistance (RFA) process provides a formal way for counselors and social workers to refer students for school-based mental health counseling. Through this process, students can access support services offered by one of the school system’s 22 Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with partnering agencies. This ensures timely and appropriate care to meet students’ mental health needs.
Contact Person:
Laura Terrell
“Dialectical Skills Groups (DSGs) are small-group (6–8 students), Tier 2 interventions that help students build key resiliency skills in areas like emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and effective relationships. Led by trained facilitators—including CASIs and a DSG-trained counselor in every middle and high school (each of whom is required to facilitate at least three groups per year)—these evidence-based groups support students who need more than universal Tier 1 strategies. DSGs contribute to a positive school climate by reducing behavioral disruptions, improving student engagement, and helping students build strong connections with trusted adults on campus. HCSD offers DSGs to students, staff, and families, and we’re in our 5th year of implementation.
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Contact Person:
Joy Schofield
Dialectical Skills Groups – Hall County Schools
Small group curriculum focused on building self-awareness and self-management skills by exploring emotions, understanding the Think-Feel-Act cycle, and practicing healthy coping strategies.
Contact Person:
Renee Janes
Sources of Strength is a best practice, strength-based, upstream suicide prevention and mental health promotion program that has shown effectiveness in both preventative upstream and intervention outcomes
Contact Person:
Jenny Chapple
Sources of Strength is a best practice, strength-based, upstream suicide prevention and mental health promotion program that has shown effectiveness in both preventative upstream and intervention outcomes
Contact Person:
Jenny Chapple