Mental Health Support & School Providers

Social/emotional support and intervention is a collaboration between administrators, teachers, parents, nurses, counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists.  By building student skills in communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity, we prepare students for learning and for life. Our work covers prevention, as well as targeted and intensive intervention for those who need additional support.  

Each school has a building-level mental health team that responds when a safety concern arises and they complete safety assessments in collaboration with their school administrators.  If the crisis is more intense or widespread, the building may also engage the district crisis team.  

In the event of a student, parent, or staff member death or other traumatic situation, the Douglas County School District's Crisis Team takes action. The school mental health professionals and administrators work in conjunction with DCSD's District Crisis Team, Community Relations department and Safety and Security department, as well as Douglas County law enforcement entities when needed to provide assistance to our school communities.

Each school employs a mental health team.  Elementary schools have at least one school counselor and a school psychologist and/or school social worker.  Each secondary school has multiple school counselors, school social workers, and at least one school psychologist.  To locate your school’s mental health team, please check the building's website. 

1. Contact the Mental Health staff member at your school (see your school's website)
2. Contact the school administrator who oversees the mental health staff
3.  Contact Stephanie Crawford-Goetz, Mental Health Director: stephanie.crawford@dcsdk12.org 720-841-5226
   Jennifer Talley,  Administrative Assistant. 303-387-0260, jltalley@dcsdk12.org

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Colorado Crisis Services
DCSD Student Psychological Safety Information

 

 

Latest Research on Suicide:

• National Institute of Mental Health

Back to School: 

• Back to School Care Package -
• Big Life Journal

Executive Functioning:

• Executive Functioning Basics for Parents - English
• Executive Functioning Basics for Parents - Spanish

School Psychology Internship

• DCSD internship Information and Application Process

School Social Work Internship

• DCSD internship Information and Application Process

 

Animal Assisted Intervention

DCSD School Social Work and School Psychology Careers

• DCSD Hiring Information and Application Process
  • Our district is a mutual fit district.  After receiving applications to the social worker and psychologist candidate pools for all open positions in the district,  our first step is a phone screening interview to learn more about your experience, credentials, and preferences.  Once candidates are in the pool, the hiring process moves to buildings.  Principals and their teams reach out to external candidates whose preferences and experience may be a fit to arrange interviews.  Interviews provide an opportunity to make sure there is a fit on both sides for open position(s) in the building. Staff are not hired centrally and assigned to buildings.