South Ridge Mental Health
Social Emotional Support
Meet our Mental Health Team
We are lucky to have a large Mental Health team at South Ridge! From Left to Right:
- Paula Bishop, School Social Worker (pabishop@dcsdk12.org)
- Laurie Jones, School Counselor (ljones1@dcsdk12.org )
- Amber Marshall, School Psychologist (amarshall@dcsdk12.org )
Wolves Den
🐺 Our school has a special support room called the Wolves Den. Inside the Wolves Den, you'll often find Mr. Josh and Ms. Z working to provide students with emotional regulation support and breaks throughout the day.
We have comfy spaces for students in the Wolves Den!
💜 The Wolves Den is designed to help students regulate. The Wolves Den has lots of tools students can use to support emotional regulation. In the Wolves Den, you will find comfy spaces for students to use coping skills.
Wellness Scale
😊 Here at South Ridge, we utilize a wellness scale to check in and share how we are feeling. Students use a scale 1 (worst day ever) to 10 (best day imaginable) to check in and share how they are feeling.