National School Psychology Awareness Week is Nov. 14-18

This year’s theme, "Every link matters. Make a connection," provides a focus on how School Psychologists assist students in creating positive connections within the school community, their academics, and their lives.November 14-18, 2011 is National School Psychology Awareness Week. This year’s theme, "Every link matters. Make a connection," provides a focus on how School Psychologists assist students in creating positive connections within the school community, their academics, and their lives.

An example of such help in the Fulton County School System is My Brother’s Keeper (MBK), a male mentoring program at Woodland Middle School. MBK was founded by school psychologist Maurice Granger and social worker J. Henry Flournoy in 2004 to teach character education, social skills, drug/incarceration prevention, etc.  The program currently has an enrollment of 86 boys.