Student Services

The Guidance Program includes:

1.     classroom guidance

2.     individual counseling

3.     small group counseling

4.     parent/teacher conference

5.     crisis intervention

6.     CST/ staffing

7.     referrals to outside

agencies

8.     career development

9.     coordination of various

school programs

10. Trust Program,

TRUST PROGRAM
Dr. Lois Schumacher
Trust Specialist
 

The TRUST (To Reach Ultimate Success Together) Program is a comprehensive 

student assistance program designed to provide prevention, intervention, 

referral, and follow-up services to students and their families who may be 

experiencing problems in the area of substance abuse and other 

self-defeating behaviors.

The TRUST Program was created by extracting the best components from

earlier programs and then blending them into a substance abuse, crisis 

prevention/intervention program.  There is a TRUST Specialist in every 

middle and senior high school in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

The prevention component of the TRUST Program provides curricula and 

activities to assist students in:  accepting themselves as capable and 

unique; developing and maintaining positive relationships; making 

responsible decisions; becoming aware of accurate drug information; and 

planning and participating in healthful alternatives to using alcohol, 

tobacco and other drugs.

The intervention component of the TRUST Program offers curricula and 

counseling activities that target at-risk students.  Individual, group,

and family counseling and referral services are offered to students and their 

families for problems related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, stress, 

suicide, isolation, family violence, and general problem solving.

The Guidance “PLAN”

We have an open door policy and we are here for the students and parents, to listen and assist with any problems or concerns.

Contact us through:

*request form
*phone call
*appointment visits

RESOURCES

·        Crisis Counseling:

Switchboard of Miami, Inc.

(305)358-HELP (4357)

·        Family Counseling:

Family Counseling Services of

Greater Miami, Inc.

(305)271-9800 

·        Homework Help:

www.dial-a-teacher.com

305-995-1600

Monday-Thursday
5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Bilingual help is also available

·        American Academy of

Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry

 www.aacap.org

(202)966-7300     

·        Kids Health

www.kidshealth.org

1-888-540-5437

·        Miami-Dade County

Public Schools

www.dadeschools.net

(305)995-1000

·        Abuse Hotline

1-800-96-ABUSE

The Student Services Team

• Ariana Gutierrez
  Middle School Counselor
  Post-Masters, Guidance and Counseling
  Masters, Reading
  Bachelors, Elementary Ed.
  (305)271-1499 ext. 162
    

• Gloria Rosen
  Elementary School Counselor
  Masters, Guidance and Counseling
  Bachelors, Elementary Ed., Early Childhood, Social Science, and ESOL Certified
  (305)271-5061 ext. 117
   

• Lois Schumacher, Ph.D.
  Trust Specialist
  Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
  Masters, Guidance and Counseling
  Post-Masters, Elementary Ed.
  Bachelors, Education
  (305)271-1499 ext. 160 
    

• Golnaz Sharifi
  Counselor Intern
  Masters, Guidance and Counseling
  (to be conferred May, 2005)
  Bachelors, Elementary Ed., and ESOL Certified
   

• Maggie Pella
  School Psychologist
  Specialist, School Psychologist
  Masters, School Psychologist
  Bachelors, Education
   

• Marta Cervera-Jackson
  School Social Worker
  Specialist, Education
  Masters, Education
  Bachelors, Education
  Bachelors, Social Work
  (305)275-3711