School social workers help STUDENTS:

• Achieve maximum benefit from their educational opportunities
• Understand themselves and others
• Cope with stress
• Develop decision making skills

School social workers help PARENTS:

• Participate effectively in their children's education
• Understand and meet their children's social and emotional needs
• Understand programs available to students with special needs
• Utilize school and community resources effectively

School social workers help SCHOOLS:

• Understand factors (cultural, societal, economic, familial, health, etc.) that affect students
• Abilities to make maximum use of their school experience
• Utilize their resources in meeting the educational, social, and emotional needs of students
• Promote a safe school environment

School Social Workers help COMMUNITIES:

• Understand school policies, programs, and practice
• Minimize those environmental factors which inhibit learning
• Develop resources to adequately meet the needs of students and families

Above taken from the Illinois Association of School Social Workers website.

Helpful Links:

• Brain Pop: Personal Health
• Will County Resource Guide
• Feeding America
• Mental Help
• Not My Kid