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 * Objective 38: Describe the work of a community agency and how to improve community collaboration with the agency.**

needs of students. The Day Treatment Counselor works with a maximum of six freshman that are referred by the administration at Wallace Middle School. Mr. Ledgerwood is John Battle's Day Treatment Counselor. His role is to provide one-on-one time to support the students on his caseload. He also goes to class with his students and builds relationships with them. The SAP counselor provided by Highlands is more of a guidance counselor. Ms. Stephanie Meade is the SAP counselor at John Battle High School. Her door is open to all students and she is in the building to provide emotional and academic support.
 * Date || Time started || Time ended || Number of hours || Description of activities ||
 * 05/25/12 ||= 8:30 ||= 1:30 ||= 5 || Interviewed and job shadowed with Mr. Ledgerwood (Day Treatment Counselor). ||
 * 06/04/12 ||= 9:00 ||= 12:00 ||= 3 || Compiled information on the work conducted by Highlands Community Agency. ||
 * Reflections and learning |||||||| Highlands Community Services places two employees in John Battle High School to help with the emotional and academic

The services provided by Highlands are excellent. Several students who work with the Day Treatment and SAP counselor go on to become successful students. To encourage community collaboration with Highlands information about the services should be provided to the parents of students John Battle. Flyers attached to report cards that have been mailed home would be one strategy to inform parents about the staff at Highland Community Services. The staff at Highlands could also host a school night activity in the auditorium to increase the awareness of what they can offer to the students. ||
 * Reading(s) |||||||| //Highlands community services for behavioral health//. Retrieved from [] ||