School Social Workers help students:

• Achieve maximum academic benefit from their educational opportunities
• Understand themselves and others
• Develop self-control and take responsibility for their actions
• Cope with Stress
• Develop decision-making skills

School Social Workers help parents:

• Participate effectively in their child's education
• Better understand and meet their children's social and emotional needs
• Better understand and utilize school and community resources

School Social Workers help schools:

• Understand factors that affect student's abilities to allow for maximum use of their school experience
• Access community resources
• Improve school climate through development of school policies and a wide range of prevention and intervention programs

School Social Workers help communities:

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