Todd Harvey, LICSW

School Social Worker for Special Education

todd.harvey@spps.org

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.  Let him keep step to the music he hears, however measured or far away."  (Henry David Thoreau)

School Social Workers are trained and licensed mental health professionals who provide a link between home, school, and community.  As members of the educational team, school social workers promote and support the academic, social, and emotional success of all students by providing specialized services that may include:

• Individual and group therapeutic services
• Crisis prevention and intervention
• Parent/guardian education and training
• Professional case management
• Information and referral
• Collaboration and consultation with other agencies and professionals
• Advocacy for students, parents, staff, and the district
• Coordination of programs specific to student needs (such as IEP and 504 plans)

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."  (James Baldwin)