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COUNSELING CENTER

 
ZILLAH HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT STAFF:
 
RICHARD DIONNE, M.ED. SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Location: ZHS Counseling Center
Grades 9-11, Last Names A-L
Phone: 509-829-4047
 
AMBER GRIMMER, M.ED. SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Location: ZHS Counseling Center
Grades 9-11, Last Names M-Z
Phone: 509-829-4048
 
JENNA BILL, B.A.COM. COLLEGE/CAREER SPECIALIST
Location: ZHS Career Center, Room # 208
Serving the GEAR UP Senior Class of 2024
 
 
 
This Yakima and Lower Valley Community Resource Guide provides local resources available in the Yakima and Lower Valley. This contains emergency numbers, mental health and suicide prevention resources and more.
 
Call 988 for the suicide and crisis lifeline. This is a free and confidential support for people in distress.
 
1-800-572-8122. The Yakima Crisis line connects you to a mental health professional for crisis outreach.
 
855-420-5888. This End Harm Line is available 24/7 to report abuse and neglect.
 
Call 866-833-6546. This Hotline is for youth, staffed by trained peer volunteers. Open from 6-10:00pm
 
Text "HOME" to 741741 to reach a volunteer crisis counselor. If you prefer to chat online, go to https://www.crisistextline.org.
 
211 is an easy to remember number for information, referrals and other emergency assistance.
 
866-789-1511 provides 24-hour help for substance abuse, problem gambling and mental health.
 
 
 
Studies have shown that Social Emotional Learning (SEL) helps students of all ages to do better in school with fewer attention and learning problems, greater social and leadership skills, less anxiety and depression, less stress and burnout, and a healthier development of emotional regulation. Students learn SEL by learning to apply five core competencies:
 
1.  SELF AWARENESS: Students learn how to recognize their emotions and how they affect their behavior. Self-awareness is a skill anyone can improve on with the right tools and a little practice! Here's a few tips to improve self-awareness:
A FEW MORE RESOURCES FOR SELF-AWARENESS:
2.  SELF MANAGEMENT: Teaches students how to control their thoughts, emotions and actions in order to make healthy decisions and reach goals that benefit self and others. Here's a few tips on how to develop self-management skills:
A FEW MORE RESOURCES FOR SELF-MANAGEMENT:
 
3.  SOCIAL AWARENESS: Demonstrates the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes and try to understand how people in different backgrounds and cultures see things. Here's a few tips to improve Social-Awareness:
 
4.  RELATIONSHIP SKILLS: Teaches students how to build and maintain healthy relationships with people from diverse backgrounds using a variety of methods such as active listening and communication and conflict resolution skills. Here's a few tips to help build relationship skills:
A FEW MORE RESOURCES TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS/SUPPORT SYSTEMS:
 
5.  MAKING RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS: Students learn to choose how they act or respond to a situation based on learned behaviors such as ethics, safety, and the well-being of others. Here's a few tips to improve Decision Making:
A FEW MORE RESOURCES TO PRACTICE RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING: