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CASSY provides on-campus individual, family and group counseling sessions, crisis intervention and treatment, proactive mental health education, and peer mediation.

We provide staff training on mental health issues and support staff in handling disconcerting situations they encounter in their classes or elsewhere on campus.

CASSY provides parent education and community outreach along with confidential parent consultations at the schools we serve – at no cost to families.

For Students

CASSY provides comprehensive mental health services to students at all our partner schools. This includes on-campus counseling and proactive mental health education for students, including Special Education students, free of charge.

Ongoing Counseling

CASSY provides individual and group counseling sessions on-campus during school hours. Group topics include Grief and Loss, Anger Management, Victims of Violence, and Social Skills Training.

Crisis Intervention and Treatment

Sometimes a traumatic event, such as the death of a student, affects the entire student body. For such a school-wide crisis, CASSY works together with the school to identify those in need and provide grief counseling for students.

Proactive Mental Health Education

CASSY Staff joins individual classrooms to provide presentations on topics including: Depression, Suicide Awareness, Mindfulness, and Social Skills. We adapt our presentations to be appropriate for the grade level to accommodate whether we are working on Anti-Bullying strategies for 3rd graders or Test Anxiety for 11th graders.

testimonials

Really helped me; sort of changed my life.

Los Gatos-Saratoga High School District Student

Counseling was helpful and helped me not get as mad as before.

Ravenswood City School District Student

I learned there are so many ways to solve a problem.

Palo Alto Unified School District Student

She helps me control my strong feelings.

Palo Alto Unified School District Student

CASSY gave me hope. I made a lot of progress in the last few months.

Milpitas Unified School District Student

I was really scared about coming here and talking, but it turned out to be the best thing I could have asked for. I've changed a lot.

Milpitas Unified School District Student

Counseling was helpful and helped me not get as mad as before.

Ravenswood City School District Student

My CASSY therapist got me through my first two years of high school. Without her, I probably would have switched schools.

Los Gatos High School Student

For School Staff

CASSY is available for consultation and staff training on mental health issues at all our partner schools. These services are offered at no cost to the schools we serve.

Staff Consultation

CASSY becomes an integral part of each school’s team. School staff can freely consult with the on-campus therapists regarding disconcerting situations that they see in their classrooms, in the halls or anywhere on campus.

Staff Training

We provide staff training on mental health issues such as Child Protective Services (CPS) reporting requirements, classroom management of grief and loss, and how to identify red flags.

testimonials

The greatest support we've ever had in Special Education.

Los Gatos-Saratoga High School District Staff

CASSY has fully integrated themselves into our school community – they are a huge support to students, staff and parents.

Los Gatos-Saratoga High School District Staff

Excellent assistance in crisis and other situations.

Milpitas Unified School District Staff

Thank you for bringing sunshine to our students.

Ravenswood City School District Staff

I'm a big fan. She's accessible, friendly and professional. She's given me much solid advice for handling challenging parent/student situations.

Palo Alto Unified School District Staff

She was an extremely helpful asset to my students this year. I don't know what I would have done without her support & dedication to my students & their families.

Palo Alto Unified School District Staff

She did an excellent job with coaching and supporting my students with their social and emotional needs.

Palo Alto Unified School District Staff

I'm so glad we have CASSY. The support to students and staff is excellent.

Ravenswood City School District Staff

For Parents & Community

CASSY provides confidential consultations with parents, parent education on mental health issues, and outreach to the broader community.

Parent Consultation

CASSY therapists are experts in dealing with child/adolescent behaviors and issues. We offer parents confidential consultations at the schools we serve, help them distinguish between normal and risky behaviors, and secure additional support when needed.

Community Outreach

CASSY provides parent education opportunities by giving presentations and leading discussions about raising emotionally healthy adolescents. These presentations include our proven Latino Outreach program where the sessions are conducted in Spanish and address specific cultural needs of the Latino community.

testimonials

It is imperative to keep this service going for many, many years.

Los Gatos-Saratoga High School District Parent

A point of light in a mostly dark world when it comes to mental health.

Milpitas Unified School District Parent

She did a great job communicating with us about the social group and my son’s progress. I was impressed with her professional and positive style.

Palo Alto Unified School District Parent

CASSY program is a much needed service to help families with all emotional situations that arise, and they are very good at what they do.

Ravenswood City School District Parent

I cannot express how valuable this program is at LGHS. Without CASSY we would have never known my daughter was so troubled.

Los Gatos High School Parent

Very helpful not only in counseling but with referral to outside services and coordination of all resources.

Milpitas Unified School District Parent

CASSY counseling has been a consistent source of comfort to my child.

Palo Alto Unified School District Parent

The support is great and I believe the concern displayed is genuine. I don't know where my daughter would be without this service. Thank you.

Ravenswood City School District Parent

ASSESSING IMPACT

The Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) is a brief questionnaire that helps identify and assess changes in emotional and behavioral problems in children. The PSC covers a broad range of emotional and behavioral problems and is meant to provide an assessment of psychosocial functioning.

Students who engage in CASSY's individual services have clinical treatment goals they work on over the course of our 12 session model. 98% of students in the 2022-2023 school year made progress towards their clinical goals.

We solicit feedback on our services from students, parents, and school staff. We simply ask students if they thought counseling was helpful and whether they would seek counseling again in the future. We request a parent feedback form, which gives the parent an opportunity to evaluate the impact of our services on their child. We invite staff to complete a feedback form for students they refer to CASSY.