GGA CARE Team Services
The CARE Team is composed of a wellness specialist (LMSW) , a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW-C) and a school-based behavioral therapist (LGPC) and is overseen by the Director of Culture, a nationally board certified counselor. This team provides social emotional and mental health support to students and families through a trauma informed lens. Through restorative practice, partnerships and varied counseling modalities this team strives to create a safe space for students to feel like they matter

CARE Team Social-Emotional Services Implemented
Restorative Practices
- Building culture and community through Positive Relationships between Students and Staff
- Integrate classroom management with restorative justice
- Using Restorative Practices to work through harm/conflict and rebuild relationships
- Mediation and conflict resolution between students/staff
- Practices used to manage crisis
Partnerships
- BOND- Building Our Nation’s Daughters
- Mission is to engage, mentor and develop Black mothers to cultivate positive mother-daughter relationships, strengthen Black single-mother families, and increase their economic mobility 2 generations at a time.
- Paving the Way Multiservice Institute
- School-based behavioral therapist provided
- Trauma focused professional development provided
- CityBridge Design Fellowship
- Grant provided to build SEL programming
Social Work Internship Site
- GGA hosts social work interns on site
- Supervise interns
- Interns provide additional individual, group counseling and other SEL support as needed
- College Partners
- Catholic University
- Howard University
- George Mason University
Sister 2 Sister
- Mentorship program to develop a peer support network and community
- Hosts monthly events to bring mentor and mentee pairs together
- Service activities
- Group outings
- Community building
- Sisterhood events
Individual Counseling
- Behavior support services provided to students with individualized education plans (IEP’s)
- One-on-one weekly counseling sessions for students with identified SEL needs
- Ongoing check-ins and case management with families and caregivers as needed
- Crisis management for students as needed
Group Counseling
- 3-6 Groups per trimester
- 6-8 students participate per group
- 6-8 weeks, 50 minutes per session
- Topics include:
- Coping skills
- Emotional regulation
- Conflict resolution
- Self-esteem
- Empowerment
- Trauma Recovery
Meet the CARE Team

Iesha. Caisey
Assistant Principal of Culture and Counseling

Angela Franklin
School Based Behavior Therapist

Danielle Galloway
College and Career Counselor

Olivia Laguerre
School Social Worker, LCSW-C
