School Mental Health

Welcome to Porter MS & Gifted Magnet's Mental Health Resource Page

FOR ALL EMERGENCIES OR URGENT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, CALL 911

Hello! My name is Katherine Wade and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Porter Middle School's Psychiatric Social Worker (PSW).

My primary responsibility is to promote and support the mental health awareness and social-emotional development of all students here at Porter. Any student can request to meet with me, or be referred by their teacher, administrator or parent.

I am available 5 days/week M-F from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, at 818-920-2767 or at [email protected]

A list of some services I provide is below:

Crisis Intervention and Risk Assessments
Short-term individual counseling
Group support counseling
Family/ parenting sessions
Parent workshops
Social- emotional curriculum implementation
School wide mental health campaigns
Collaboration with counselors, teachers and administrators
Case management support
Linkage to mental health services and community based agencies

HOTLINE SUPPORT:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (24-hrs) Dial 988 or 800-273-8255
Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Line (24-hrs) 877-727-4747
National Alliance on Mental Illness Helpline (M-F 10 am-10 pm ET) 800-950-6264
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health ACCESS Line (24-hrs) 800-854-7771
LAUSD Mental Health Hotline (M-F 8 am-5 pm) 213-241-3840
Los Angeles School Police Department 213-625-6631
California Youth Crisis Line (24-hrs) 800-843-5200
Trevor Project LGBTQ+ Crisis Support (24-hrs) 866-488-7386
Teen Line (talk 6pm-10pm) 800-852-8336

TEXT SUPPORT:

Crisis Text Line (24-hrs) text HOME to 741741
National Alliance on Mental Illness Crisis Line (24-hrs) text NAMI to 741741
Teen Line (6pm-10pm) text TEEN to 839863
Trevor Project LGBTQ+ Crisis Support (24-hrs) text START to 678678

WEB SUPPORT:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Online Crisis Chat (24-hrs) https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/
Trevor Project LGBTQ+ Crisis Support Online Chat (24-hrs) https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/