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
Brain-Based Therapeutic Intervention Programming for Children (BBTIPC)
A therapeutic classroom provides children who have moderate to … [Full Article...] about Brain-Based Therapeutic Intervention Programming for Children (BBTIPC)
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
Soft Skills for School and Life
Soft skills are a combination of social skills, work habits, … [Full Article...] about Soft Skills for School and Life
Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials
Additional Credit: Caitlin Bellavance for development of some of … [Full Article...] about Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials
ASD School Program Model for Children With an Autism Spectrum Disorder
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ADHD – Guide to Articles and Forms
General Articles The ADHD Student: Anecdotal Description ADHD … [Full Article...] about ADHD – Guide to Articles and Forms
Clinical Articles By Kevin Plummer, PhD
Supporting Trauma-impacted Students in School
This set of guidelines is organized into two major sections. The first section is a listing of dozens of supportive approaches. This list is organized into twelve … » » Full Article about Supporting Trauma-impacted Students in School
Circumstances in the Classroom That Can Adversely Affect Children Who Have Been Impacted by Trauma
Children who have been impacted by trauma have brains and bodies that are primed to react quickly —to feel threatened—even in experiences that appear benign. New … » » Full Article about Circumstances in the Classroom That Can Adversely Affect Children Who Have Been Impacted by Trauma
Protective and Vulnerability Factors in Children’s Response to Trauma
Protective factors can contribute significantly to children’s ability to successfully cope with the circumstances or recover from them more quickly and with fewer … » » Full Article about Protective and Vulnerability Factors in Children’s Response to Trauma
Circumstances or Events That Can Cause Children to Develop a Trauma Response
Nearly 50% of all children have experienced one or more of these circumstances or events, and many have experienced them in chronic, unrelenting fashion. Not every … » » Full Article about Circumstances or Events That Can Cause Children to Develop a Trauma Response
The Impact of Childhood Complex Trauma on School Functioning
Traumatized children who have been exposed to multiple traumatic events over time or who experience traumatizing circumstances on a chronic basis (especially when … » » Full Article about The Impact of Childhood Complex Trauma on School Functioning
Definition of “Trauma Informed” at School
Definitions of "Trauma Informed" at School including descriptions of "Trauma Sensitive" and "Trauma Supportive" school environments. Direct link: Trauma … » » Full Article about Definition of “Trauma Informed” at School
Happy Birthday at age 25
A quarter of a century is a pretty good chunk of life, you have to admit, and you’ve definitely made the most of your first twenty-five. Let’s face it, no one ever … » » Keep Reading about Happy Birthday at age 25
Happy 22nd birthday
You are such a solid, grounded, and totally wonderful person; and like so many people, I'm so proud to say I know you, and I'm so thrilled to think that I get to … » » Keep Reading about Happy 22nd birthday