Mental Health & Counseling Resources

• The Elementary School Social Work Program offers counseling services for students at each of South Orange and Maplewood School District's elementary schools. The program offers individual and small group counseling with a social work intern. Its aim is to remove barriers to success and to provide students with the social/ emotional support necessary for them to get the most out of their school experience.
• For more information for resources for the 2022-23 SY click the link:  https://forms.gle/LzBSbG8HwrkBXyew9

Middle and High School:

Guidance Counselors - Your child’s  Guidance Counselor can provide counseling for your child, can connect you with resources available in the Secondary Schools such as the Social Work Intern Programs, ISTEP or ESS programs, and can provide referrals to an outside therapist. 

Case Managers - available to students with IEPs. You can reach out to them to help plan a response which could include working with a Social Worker, a Social Work Intern, referral to an outside therapist. 

Visit the CHS Counseling Department Website:  https://bit.ly/CHSCounselingPage

• Click here to access information on mental health resources available to our SOMSD Community
• Grief Support & Resources

• Crisis & Support Hotlines
• NASP Preventing Youth Suicide for Teens (English)
• NASP Preventing Youth Suicide for Teens (Spanish)
• Helping Teens Cope with the Sudden Death of a Peer (UMDNJ)
• PerformCare: A national, full-service behavioral health managed care organization.  Serves as primary resource for parents who are concerned about their children’s mental health. PerformCare will connect parents or concerned guardians to a live person who can direct them to the level of care needed for their young person.  The organization’s website can be found at www.performcarenj.org and its phone number is 877-652-7624.

• CONCERN "EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM" (EAP) 
  • Phone:  (973) 451-0025
  • Web:  https://www.atlantichealth.org/concern
  • Download/view CONCERN brochure 

• Atlantic Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention Services 24/7 Hotlines (for staff):
  • Chilton Medical Center:  973 – 831 – 5078
  • Hackettstown Medical Center:  908 – 454 – 5141
  • Morristown Medical Center:  973 – 540 – 0100
  • Overlook Medical Center:  908 – 522 – 3586
  • Newton Medical Center:  973 – 383 – 0973

• Hetrick-Martin Institute: New Jersey (HMI NJ):  Offers SOMSD support groups;  free one on one support resources for students
• Trevor Project  - the only national crisis line (Phone/Text/online) and support for LGBTQ+ (and questioning) youth ages 13-24 in the country

• Taking Back My Power:  Hotlines & Resources for Sexual Assault and/or Dating Violence