The purpose of school counseling is to build skills for academic, career and personal/social development. School counseling in Omaha Public Schools is a planned, sequential program of services that is comprehensive in scope and developmental in nature.
Academic counseling helps students and parents learn about curriculum choices, plan an appropriate program of studies, arrange and interpret academic testing and seek postsecondary academic opportunities.
Career counseling helps students acquire information and plan for work, jobs, apprenticeships and postsecondary education and career opportunities.
Personal or social counseling helps students develop an understanding of themselves and the rights and needs of others, resolve conflict and define individual goals that reflect their interests, abilities and aptitudes. Such counseling may be provided through individual or small group counseling sessions that focus on specific student concerns.
Boys Town National Hotline
1-800-448-3000
Child Protective Services
1-800-652-1999
Region 6 Behavioral Healthcare Services
402 444-6573
United Way
Dial 2-1-1
ACT Home
www.act.org
ACT Student
www.actstudent.org
Al-Anon, Alateen
https://www.al-anon.alateen.org/
Boys Town, Nebraska (Help Hotline)
https://www.boystown.org/
Career Prep
https://careerprep.ops.org/
CHADD-Children with Hyperactivity Attention Deficit Disorder
https://www.chadd.org/
Community Counselor Program, Methodist Hospital Foundation
https://www.methodisthospitalfoundation.org/programs/community-service/
EducationQuest Foundation
https://www.educationquest.org/
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
https://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
FastWeb (Free Financial Aid Information, Scholarships, and Colleges)
https://www.fastweb.com/
Federal Financial Aid Forecaster
https://fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/app/f4cForm?execution=e1s1
Grief Support: Ted E Bear Hollow (Children & Teens)
https://www.tedebearhollow.org/
Grief Support: Centering Corporation (All Ages)
https://www.centering.org/
Literacy (Free Government Education Publications)
https://www.free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm
Literacy (Reading Rockets Parent Tips)
https://www.readingrockets.org/
NCAA-National Collegiate Athletic Association
https://www.ncaa.org/
NCC-Nebraska Career Connections
https://www.nebraskacareerconnections.org/
NCIS-Nebraska Career Information System
https://necis.intocareers.org/
Nebraska 2 1 1 (Health and human services database)
https://65.166.193.134/IFTWSQL4/uwml/public.aspx
Nebraska Department of Education
https://www.education.ne.gov/
Occupational Outlook Handbook
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
Search Institute (Developmental Assets)
https://www.search-institute.org/
The College Board "College Search" (PSAT/SAT)
https://www.collegeboard.org/
U.S. Department of Education
https://www.ed.gov/
U.S. Department of Education: General College Information
https://studentaid.ed.gov/redirects/college-gov
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
https://www.hhs.gov/
United Way of the Midlands
https://www.uwmidlands.org/
Mrs. Jessica Mukherjee
(531)299-8993
jessica.mukherjee@ops.org
Mrs. Jenna Vail
(531) 299-8995
jenna.vail@ops.org
Mrs. Josie McDonnell
(531)299-8992
josie.mcdonnell@ops.org