School Clinical & Consulting Services (SCCS) is an organization dedicated to helping schools provide the most successful educational experience for children who are impacted by social, emotional, behavioral, developmental, and neurological conditions. Through staff education and embedded training, SCCS supports all staff who work with an identified child, with tools for practical interventions that can be carried out in the classroom, and with customized programs for children that become a permanent part of the school independent of outside consultation. SCCS Intervention Assistance … »» More Information about Programs & Services
Approach
The Consultation Team Approach
Building Sustainable School Capacity To Better Address Emotional and Behavioral Problems. MISSION: The Consultation Team increases the school's capacity to successfully educate children who are impacted by social, emotional, behavioral, developmental, and/or neurological conditions, by further developing the schools' ability to create practical and sustainable interventions that can be carried out in the classroom, by providing embedded professional development for all staff who work with these children, by creating programs for children that become a permanent part of the school, and by establishing building-based consultation teams with existing … »» Learn More about The Consultation Team Approach
Program Areas
Trauma-impacted Students: Guide to Materials
The following is a list of materials to understand and support … [Full Article...] about Trauma-impacted Students: Guide to Materials
Teacher Attention Program
This is a "coupon program" designed to increase greater … [Full Article...] about Teacher Attention Program
Comprehension Guides – Topic Directory
Comprehension guides support children when comprehension … [Full Article...] about Comprehension Guides – Topic Directory
Soft Skills for School and Life
Social Emotional Learning: Soft Skills for School and Life Soft … [Full Article...] about Soft Skills for School and Life
The Green Zone: Basic Guidelines and Reminders for Staff
The Green Zone is a recognition program on a large magnetic … [Full Article...] about The Green Zone: Basic Guidelines and Reminders for Staff
Compassion Fatigue and Resilience With Staff in Therapeutic Program
Almost anyone can learn the methods associated with the Brain … [Full Article...] about Compassion Fatigue and Resilience With Staff in Therapeutic Program
Clinical Articles By Kevin Plummer, PhD
Fostering Resilience in Children
Welcome to this series on fostering resilience in children—the role of the family. In this series, you will have a chance to understand how a compassionate family … » » Full Article about Fostering Resilience in Children
Supporting Trauma-Impacted Students Returning to School
It is incumbent upon educators to develop increased trauma sensitivity as they welcome the return of children back to school buildings. When we see students … » » Full Article about Supporting Trauma-Impacted Students Returning to School
Pandemic Trauma in Students Returning to School Buildings
Some students will enter the school year more impacted by trauma. Some of these students were trauma-impacted before the pandemic and the circumstances created by … » » Full Article about Pandemic Trauma in Students Returning to School Buildings
Guidelines for Using Routines
This article will present guidelines for using routines, and is helpful after reading one of the two seminal articles Important Things to Remember about Routines or … » » Full Article about Guidelines for Using Routines
Teacher Attention Program
This is a "coupon program" designed to increase greater self-control in young students (ages 6-12) who are in the habit of seeking too much teacher attention, may … » » Full Article about Teacher Attention Program
Guidelines for Using the Coupon Program
Prior to going into more detail about the Coupon Program it is important to understand the role of student comprehension of behavioral expectations. A break down in … » » Full Article about Guidelines for Using the Coupon Program
Back to Work
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A Gift From my Father
On my first father's day without a father I'm reminded that, although I am no artist, as my father was, I developed from my father an ability to see color, texture, … » » Keep Reading about A Gift From my Father