Services

Bear Valley Healthy Start provides a number of services free of charge to the students of Bear Valley Unified School District and their families:

• Health Aides at each of the three main elementary schools provide basic health care services.
   
• Family Advisors at the elementary, middle and high schools, although not licensed therapists themselves, work with students, their families and staff to provide support and link to community services.
   
• Family Advisors meet with students on either an individual or small peer group basis to discuss ways of dealing with difficulties at home and school, such as reaction to parents' divorce, a death in the family, bullying, self-esteem and social skills.
   
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Those issues which require more intense intervention - substance abuse, domestic violence, etc. - are referred to appropriate local resources outside of the school district, and our Family Advisors collaborate with these specialists to make sure that children don't "fall through the cracks."