Personal/Social

School Counselor: 

Provides support to all students through a comprehensive program which includes individual counseling, group counseling, crisis intervention, and classroom guidance lessons. Addresses social/emotional needs, as well as academic and career planning needs of all students.  

• Sarah Erickson (9th grade): x2492
• Ariane Zimmerman (10th grade): x2432
• Kaitlin Stindt (11th grade): x2490
• Lisa Plonsky (12th grade): x2493
• Lisa Lieder (Alt Ed): x2025

School Social Worker:

Focus on the emotional, behavioral, social and family factors that affect a student's learning. Provides problem identification and assessment, while serving as home-school-community liaison, providing individual and group counseling, crisis prevention, pregnant teen and school-age parenting intervention and home-bound coordination. 

• Leah Olson: x2431

School Psychologist:

Assesses students’ abilities, skills, and levels of functioning and helps to determine their educational needs. Consults with teachers and parents to find interventions for academic and/or behavioral issues. Provides counseling and crisis intervention along with community referrals. 

• Tim Bonson: x2477

School Nurse:

Coordinates health needs and screening programs. Acts as a liaison between education and health care, providing a link between school, home, and medical community. 

• Nicole Reukauf/Kerri Tuma: x2410

Police School Liaison Officer:

Serves as a liaison between the school and the Oshkosh Police Department encouraging school safety, law enforcement, and other matters relating to school activity.

Who can seek help?

• Students who are experiencing personal problems associated with growth and development, school life, or family relationships.
• Students whose use of alcohol or other drugs, or that of a close friend or family member is becoming a problem.
• Students experiencing difficulty with academics.
• Students and families who are under stress related to various life events such as divorce, grief and loss, pregnancy, relocation, etc.
• Persons needing information or referral to community resources. 

How to get help:

Students or families who are seeking help for themselves or others may contact any pupil services team member with the assurance that such contact will be handled confidentially.

• Self Referrals: Students may contact any team member for information and/or help
• Peer Referrals: Students may contact any team member for information and/or help regarding a friend.
• Parent/Community Referral: Individual or agency staff may contact any team member for information and/or help on a student’s behalf. 

Academic and Behavioral

Evaluate and identify students who may need services due to poor academic and/or behavioral functioning.

• School Counselor
• School Psychologist
• Classroom Teacher

School and Career Planning

Assisting students in setting goals and planning course work to meet career goals.

• School Counselor

Counseling

Provide limited counseling services on an individual or group basis to students in need and referral to outside services. 

• School Counselor
• School Social Worker
• School Psychologist

Exceptional Educational Needs (EEN) Programming

Provide modified programs to students with demonstrated needs or disabilities.

• School Psychologist
• Classroom Teacher

School Health Services

Assist students with health concerns, monitor administration of medication, consult with appropriate staff and/or medical specialists regarding student health services.

• School Nurse
• School Counselor
• School Social Worker

Home-bound/Residential Placement Services

Coordinates home-bound services for students out of school due to medical or emotional needs.

• School Social Worker

Truancy/Attendance

Supports students in consistent attendance through problem solving while holding them to statutes related to compulsory school attendance

• School Social Worker
• Police School Liaison Officer

What are site-based services?

Site-based services involve a comprehensive and collaborative approach to meeting student mental health needs by incorporating mental health professionals from the community into the array of services provided at school. The supports these mental health professionals provide can range from mental health screenings to various forms of intensive therapeutic services. 

Why are site-based services important?

The research available on site-based services is somewhat limited, but there is plenty of evidence from districts, both locally and nationally, that suggests site-based services can have a tremendous impact on the lives of students who have access to them. For many students, site-based services are the only way they will be able to access the level of mental health support they need. 

Site Based Services Through the Rise Up Program:

The OASD has partnered with Samaritan Counseling and Catalpa Health to establish site based services in the form of mental health screening and clinical mental health therapy in the school setting.

The Wellness Screen:

The Wellness Screen is an emotional/ mental health screening process provided by highly trained mental health professionals from Samaritan Counseling. The program is currently available to students in grades 9-12 at both North and West High Schools. Students who are identified as being in need of support through the screening process are referred to Rise Up or other community mental health providers.

For more information on the Wellness Screen through Samaritan Counseling, please call (920)-572-4582.

Catalpa Mental Health Services:

Catalpa Health also provides on-site clinical therapy by licensed mental health providers to those students who are in need of support. Once a student is referred for these services, an intake meeting is scheduled with the student and his/ her parents. Signed parental consent is also needed in order to proceed.  The program is currently in place at Washington Elementary School, Read Elementary School, Webster Stanley Middle School, North High School, and West High School. 

To refer your child for Rise Up clinical therapy through Catalpa Health, please call (920)-750-7088. 

For more information on the Rise Up Mental Health Framework, please contact Matt Kaemmerer, Director of Pupil Services, at (920)-424-0113.

Q: What is the Rise Up Screening Program?
A: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends an annual mental health screen for all school-age students. Mental health check-ups are just as important as annual physical checkups! The Wellness Screen Program uses a nationally recognized, evidenced based mental health screening tool to identify common emotional wellness concerns. Parents will receive information by letter and email in advance of the screening, explaining the process. Parents will be contacted by our team by phone as well as letter, if any concerns are identified in the screening for their student. When concerns are identified, our team provides robust ongoing support in helping families access further evaluation and resources. The Wellness Screen Program is voluntary, confidential, and FREE for families.

Q: What is Rise Up-Therapy Services?
A: Catalpa Health provides on-site mental therapy by a licensed mental health therapist whom specializes in working with children and adolescents. The Catalpa health therapist would be able to provide mental health therapy similar to what a client would receive at the clinic, onsite in the school.

Q: How can students access Rise-Up Therapy Services?
A: Families can access Rise-Up Therapy services by calling 920-750-7088, and requesting to schedule an initial appointment with a Rise-Up therapist. A school counselor or social worker at the identified schools are also able to complete a referral. If a referral is completed our scheduler calls families to initiate school based mental health services. At the initial appointment parents will be required to attend to sign paperwork to allow our mental health therapists to provide mental health counseling to your child. You will also be asked to provide insurance information, as our therapist’s do bill insurance companies for services similar to services in the clinic.