Licensed Social Worker
Ms. Sharon Laffey
At McGuffey School District, school social work services are person-centered and focus on the unique needs of each student. The school social worker often acts as a liaison between a student's home, community, and school. The social worker also helps connect students and families to necessary resources. The school social worker seeks to identify barriers impacting each student's success and provides insight and understanding into the big picture of a student's life by examining contributing cultural, emotional, economic, social, health, and familial factors. By providing group and individual counseling, school social work services help teach students the necessary skills to improve overall success and functioning at school. Lastly, school social work services help to empower each student to achieve maximum social, emotional, behavioral, and academic success in the school environment and the community at large.