Gurrie Middle School

• GMS Social Work
  School Social Work addresses many needs of students and their families. Sometimes children don’t feel successful at school because they are having trouble making friends, they are struggling with schoolwork, or because of stress within their family. The School Social Worker can serve as a support person to the child and family as they work together with the school team to help the child become more successful. 

• SOS/Suicide Prevention and Support
• Anxiety/Depression Coping Skills
• MIndfulness for Teens
• Crisis/Suicide Lifeline
• Adolescent Development
• Mental Health Support
• Counseling/Grief Support
• Ryan's Story
• The Dougy Center for Grieving Families and Children
• CHADD Website (information on ADHD)
• Childnet International (Interent Safety Resource)
• Cyberbullying(Information and Safety Tips)
• Digizen
  Cyberbullying video(Let's Fight it Together)
• District 105 website
• LADSE (Lagrange Area Department of Special Education)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• PBIS website
• Parents-The Anti-Drug
• Raising Drug Free Children(www.drugfree.org)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Suicide Prevention and Suicide Loss resources
• Yes You Can (Lloyd Bachrach)
• Bully Free Zone
• Pacer 's National Bullying Prevention Center
• Simple Truths
• Understood

FOCUS groups will begin in September and continue throughout the year! All students at Gurrie Middle School have an opportunity to meet with Mrs. Burger and/or Ms. Palabrica throughout the year for FOCUS discussion groups.  These groups are scheduled to meet monthly to every other month during FLEX time.  The FOCUS group model is designed to have Mrs. Burger and Ms. Palabrica, the school social workers, meet with all students to target some of the Social Emotional Learning standards and teach lessons that benefit the whole child.  Some of the topics covered in FOCUS groups are:  Bullying Prevention,  Cyberbullying,  Drug and Alcohol Information and Education, School Safety,  Stress Management, Healthy Choices, Problem Solving, and Decision Making.   Discussion on many of these topics is continued in advisory.