(Chelsea Update is pleased to introduce this new column, which I hope will serve as a forum of sorts for parents who are trying to best help their children with problems that arise at school.)
Dear Chelsea Community:
Ask the School Psychologist will be a weekly column featuring questions submitted by you, readers of the Chelsea Update, and answered by school psychologists from the Chelsea School District.
You may submit a question via e-mail at [email protected]. Please be assured that all questions will remain confidential and no personal information will be shared. Any and all questions are welcome! We serve preschool through twelfth grade, and there is no subject we can’t tackle in this column.
By way of introduction, we are:
Kristin Krarup-Joyce, school psychologist for preschool-third grade. This is my 16th year working in Chelsea.
In my tenure here, I have served all grade levels including our programs at Independence Hall, CHS Alternative Education and Early Childhood Special Education.
I live in Chelsea with my husband and two children ages 9 and 13.
Emily Verbeke, school psychologist for 4th grade through 8th grade. I’m excited to be starting my first year in Chelsea, but I’m bringing with me 5 years of experience from Plymouth-Canton and Monroe as well as 2 years from Colorado.
Over the years, I have worked with students PK-12th grade in various settings including self-contained classrooms for students with mild to moderate emotional impairments, autism spectrum disorders and cognitive impairments.
I live in Allen Park with my husband and son, age 5.
Ellen Kent, school psychologist Chelsea High School. This is my 9th year working as a school psychologist. For the past two years, I was the substitute school psychologist at CHS and am thrilled to start this year as an official Chelsea Bulldog.
Prior to my time at CHS, I worked as the district school psychologist in Greenfield, Ohio and with elementary and secondary students with moderate to severe behaviors in a Social Skills Development (1:6:1) Program in New York state.
I live in Chelsea with my husband and my two children, ages 6 and 9.
