Currituck County Schools is pleased to inform our community of a partnership with Integrated Family Services that provides a Crisis CHAT line that is available for all staff, students, parents, family, and friends that will offer online emotional support 24 hours a day.  Trained chat specialists are available to assist individuals who are depressed, going through a hard time, need to talk, or having thoughts of hurting themselves.  Any life issues may be discussed utilizing the Crisis CHAT line.  The goal of Integrated Family Services’ Crisis CHAT line is to help you and others reduce stress and feel empowered to make healthy decisions.

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 https://nc211.org/

The ICO is a 501(c) (3) non-profit whose mission is to “provide assistance to individuals facing a temporary emergency crisis”.

There are many resources on their webpage for people in our community.

Parents, the press, administrators and the general public often wonder just what it is that school counselors do on a daily basis. This link leads to the ASCA website for parents to learn a bit more about the role School Counselors typically play in schools.

Triple P is a parenting program, but it doesn’t tell you how to be a parent. It’s more like a toolbox of ideas. You choose the strategies you need. You choose the way you want to use them. They offer free online parenting resources and classes.

Common Sense is a good source of entertainment and technology recommendations for families. Common Sense provides advice to help them navigate the digital world with their kids. I have linked their page for cell phone use and tweens- take a look at this page or many of their others if you are trying to navigate appropriate and safe technology use with your child.