Edgewood has provided early intervention and prevention, mental health, and capacity-building services in San Francisco’s public schools since 1986. Today we are the largest provider of school-based services in the city, offering a continuum of care to families and children in 22 San Francisco public schools, teacher training, family support, and mental health services. With a staff highly trained in working with seriously disturbed children, Edgewood provides significant assistance to schools struggling with behavioral challenges.
Beginning in the 2009-10 school year, our new whole school assessment process aligns with the San Francisco Unified School District's Strategic Plan "Beyond the Talk: Taking Action to Educate Every Child Now." Though 2012, the SFUSD has identified three areas of focus:
1) Equity and Access. Making social justice a reality.
2) Student Achievement. Engaging high achievers and joyful learners.
3) Accountabilty. Keeping our promise to students and families.
Our abilility to assist schools in successfully implementing the strategic plan will help make a difference for students and their families. The Grace Magill Project and the School-Based programs listed below combined offers schools a comprehensive wraparound model for addressing a continuum of student, family and school needs.
Teacher Training
We help educators learn to positively manage their classrooms, and to proactively handle even the most challenging behaviors more effectively.
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School-Based Mental Health Services
Edgewood provides mental health services in public schools offering individual, family and group therapy as well as case management.
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School-Based Family Resource Centers
Edgewood Family Resource Centers bridge the gap between school, teacher and family and provide resources that support the unique needs of a child both in and out of school.
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Primary Intervention Program (Edgewood PIP)
When children show “quiet” symptoms of school adjustment problems, Edgewood PIP prevents them from escalating by improving self esteem, teaching appropriate behavior and improving a child’s ability to express themselves.
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Behavior Coaching
Behavior Coaching helps children with behavioral problems and their caregivers and teachers through activities that build social skills, self-esteem and empathy.
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Afterschool Mental Health Consultation
The Edgewood After-School Consultation Team (ACT) meets with programs to help them assess their needs, to train in behavior management, and to consult with staff for individual program participants.
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Edgewood School-Based Well-Being: The Grace Magill Project
Edgewood School-Based Well-Being, The Grace Magill Project, works with educators, parents and teens to create tailored programs in highschools that promote wellbeing and destigmatize mental illness.
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