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Student Center - Barbara Gani, Student Support Specialist
The Student Support Specialist assists peer relationships, academic-related committed to supporting students’ social
students with learning positive coping anxiety, or feelings of being down. and emotional well-being. Beginning the
skills, increasing healthy expression 2017-2018 school year, CASSY partnered
PVPHS supports these services with
feelings, challenging negative thought with PVPUSD to provide professional
a Student Center that is located on
patterns, and improving communication mental health services to students in
campus. The Student Center includes
with peers and families by collaborating their academic setting. As a result, CASSY
a therapy office, a group room, and a
closely with administrators, school staff, therapists are conveniently located
communal room. The communal room
and parents in order to provide the best on campus. All services are free to the
is available during the day to any student
support for individual student needs. student and their parents in order to
wishing to drop-in, de-stress, learn and
The PVPHS Student Support Specialist prevent students from receiving needed
practice positive coping skills, or just take
is full time and provides a variety of support. The program has proven that
a healthy break.
different services that includes drop-in students will seek help when therapists
support, weekly therapy, group therapy, The Student Support Specialist is affiliated are available to them on campus. In fact,
and emergency/crisis intervention. with the Counseling and Support Services as many as 20-25% of the entire student
Students receive support for a range of for Youth (CASSY) Southern California. body visits the Student Center once or
issues that includes stress about finals, CASSY is a non-profit organization twice, weekly.

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