Introduction to Sports Injuries by- Dr. Anjali Rai
K-Six Intervention and Prevention Program
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John Burroughs Elementary
School K-Six Intervention Program
2. The K-Six Early Intervention and Prevention Program is an energetic
and dynamic area of school base social work. The program operates at
eight other elementary Schools; K-Six is a component of CPS, Child
Protective Services and a part of Fresno County Department of Social
Services. The K-Six Program with the number “6” being spelled out to
distinguish it from the grade levels that the Program serves.
3. K-Six
The K-Six office at John Burroughs, room 30.
The room is shared with four workers from other programs. One license Marriage and
Family Therapist, and three workers from First 5 Fresno County public organization.
9. The interagency concept of the K-Six Program
The K-Six social workers from the Department of Children and Family Services are the front line
facilitator of this collaborative effort in consultation with probation and mental health.
Referrals come directly from the school teachers at the school.
The program helps students who are referred by teachers and staffs. These students may have
academic, behavioral, personal/emotional, peer relationship, family/home, attendance concerns and
safety/crisis issues.
K-Six aims at removing behavioral and social barriers that interfere with the child’s ability to progress
in school and to prevent to the degree possible, the variety of social ills that might otherwise occur.
Direct services to the children (group and individual sessions), as well as family contacts with
extensive parenting skills training, are provide by K-Six Social Workers.
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Referrals to a wide variety of community services to help solve child and family issues.
K-Six social workers at each K-Six School interviews children and families referred by
teachers to assess their appropriateness and willingness to participate in the K-Six
program.
The case issues are then reviewed at each school site by a multi-disciplinary school-based
team, (SBT) alternatively referred to as the child study team (CST), students study team
(SST), or child and family intervention team (CFIT). This team include the parent(s), as
well as the child, as appropriate.
The school team then decides which specialty, including K-Six, can best address the
issues of the children and families.
12. Roles and duties of K-Six Social Worker
The K-Six Social Worker assesses and treats, not only the child’s classroom and
school behavior, but also the child’s functional level within the family,
especially as family issues affect the child’s academic functioning.
The Social Worker functions as a counselor and consultant to the teacher, the
child, as well as the child’s family.
The K-Six worker also performs linkage and brokerage for other needed
services in the community, as well as assessing and developing needed
resources.
The worker needs to be in contact with the child’s teacher at least once per
week, and with the child preferably more often even if it’s a few minutes on the
playground, the lunchroom, and classroom.
Parents will be regularly informed about their child’s progress.
The K-Six Social Worker attends IEP’s and Parent-teacher Conferences
concerning K-Six Children.
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The K-Six worker’s role may expand within the scope of their practice on
smaller campuses, but focus more on the primary case management role in
larger schools with strong consultative and collaborative involvement with
various specialized school staff, such as school nurse, reading teacher, RSP,
school psychologist, speech therapist, and student assistance counselor.
The K-Six Worker is advocate, service provider, resource broker, community
liaison and resource developer.
14. Burroughs Boys Social Skills Club and Girl Power Group
K-Six Social Worker and student intern at Burroughs are currently running two
group meetings every Wednesdays.
The first one is Boys Social Skills Club, a program to help enhance positive
interactions among the students. Boys who join the club will be working on
peer relationships, conflict resolution, self-esteem, how to handle stress and
conflict, and appropriate social skills. The purpose of the program is to promote
positive character traits and help tech young boys appropriate behaviors that
will help them be more successful in school and in their community.
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The Girl Power Group focuses on leadership skills, promote self-
esteem, self-worth & importance of an education as well as increase
with skills to cope with teenage challenges.
16. K-Six Early Intervention and Prevention Program
John Burroughs Elementary School and other School’s with this
program benefits greatly because K-Six Social Worker is preventing
problems that would otherwise be disruptive to the school and
classroom.
