Dr. Rosenplanter - Adjustment Counselor/504 Coordinator

Room B137

Hello!  I am the Adjustment Counselor/School Social Worker and 504 coordinator for the Jacobs Elementary School. I work with students and families on an individual and group basis to provide social/emotional support for students struggling with school-based problems. I also help with connecting families to services in the community to help with both school and non-school based concerns.

Counseling Group Referral

Throughout the year, various counseling groups will be created to help support the social and emotional needs of our students. Groups meet once a week for six weeks. If you think that your child would benefit from a counseling group, please complete the following form. Click Here

Crisis Services for Students Experiencing Mental Health Emergency

  • Call 911 or go to your local hospital emergency room
  • ASPIRE Health Alliance (formerly South Shore Mental Health): Call 617-774-6036 or 800-528-4890. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, master's level clinicians provide psychiatrict evaluation (in home, community and hospital setting) and treatment to support and stablize clients while transitioning them to the appropriate level of care. 
  • Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 Crisis Text Line is a free, 24/7, confidential text message service for people in crisis. www.crisistextline.org

 

The Toolbox: Tips for Carry Over at Home

Tool #1 Breathing Tool "I calm myself and check in"

  • Ask your child to show you how the Breathing Tool works
  • During transition times with your child, take a moment to use the Breathing Tool together
  • During times of frustration, use the Breathing Tool and show your child that you're using it

Tool #2 Quiet/Safe Place Tool "I remember my quiet/safe place"

  • Talk to your child about your Quiet/Safe Place and ask your child to describe theirs
  • Have your child draw a picture of their Quiet/Safe Place and post it somewhere in your home
  • Verbalize to your child when you're in a location that could be a possible Quiet/Safe Place for you

Tool #3 Listening Tool "I listen with my ears, eyes, and heart"

  • Cue your child to practice using their listening tool when you are talking to them or when they are talking to you and you can model for them (looking at them while they speak, hearing their words, caring about what they are saying)
  • Play a game of sitting silently for two minutes and counting how many different sounds you hear
  • Take a walk in your neighborhood to see what sounds you notice around you

Tool #4 Empathy Tool "I care for myself. I care for others."

  • While reading a book with your child, stop and ask them to name how a character in the story might be feeling
  • Name when you are using the empathy tool for yourself or for your child
  • Practice strengthening the empathy tool by naming how a character in a tv show or book might be feeling and what others could do to show empathy

Tool #5 Personal Space Tool "I have a right to my space and so do you."

  • Ask your child to show you the hand gesture for the personal space tool
  • Discuss how personal space may look different with different people and different settings. Practice this through role playing. Pretend that you are in various settings (standing in line at the movies, sitting at lunch table, getting off the bus) and with different people (siblings, best friends, strangers).

Tool #6 Using Our Words Tool "I use the "right" words, in the "right" way, at the "right" time, for the "right" reason."

  • Have your child list as many helpful words as they can think of
  • Practice using your words by writing a letter or note to a family member or friend

Tool #7 Garbage Can Tool "I let the little things go"

  • Discuss whether something is a little problem or big problem. Role play scenarios (examples: you don't get called on first by the teacher, your pencil breaks, your friend wants to play something different) and practice throwing out the little problems to move on with the day.
  • Start or end the day by doing a check to see if there's any problems that might need to be thrown in the garbage can

Tool #8 Taking Time Tool "I take time-in and time-away"

  • Create a space in your home that can be a spot for your child's "time away" and help them pick items they'd like to have there that help them feel more relaxed
  • Model using the tool by pointing out when you are taking "time in" and "time away"

Tool #9 Please and Thank You Tool "I treat others with kindness and appreciation"

  • Remind family members to use "please" and "thank you" throughout the day
  • Model using the tool for your child by adding a please and thank you to requests

Tool #10 Apology and Forgiveness Tool "I admit my mistakes and work to forgive yours"

  • Help your child to practice how to apologize to someone else by modeling this through play (example: have one stuffed animal apologize to another)
  • When watching tv with your child or reading a book together, point out when a character uses the apology and forgiveness tool (or when they should have used it)

Tool #11 Patience Tool "I am strong enough to wait"

  • When there is a time that your child will have to wait for something, name for them that they will need to use their patience tool and ask what they can do while they wait
  • Help your child to create a list of things that they can do while they are waiting for something (examples: listen to music, draw a picture, sing a song in their head)

 

Tool #12 Courage Tool "I have the courage to do the 'right' thing"

  • Notice when your child uses courage, name it, and celebrate it
  • Role play with your child situations in which it may be hard to do the 'right' thing and practice them using their courage tool in those moments

 


Jacobs School Core Values/Classroom Rules:
Be R.A.D.!!

Respect yourself and others.
Act in ways that make our school safe, caring, and welcoming.
Do your best learning.