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District At-Risk Counselor
(Crisis Counselor)

Randa S. Tepfer, MS, LPC

Please allow me to introduce myself…
As the At-Risk Counselor for Dayton I.S.D., I work in liaison with staff, parents, and community professionals to provide a counseling program which focuses on prevention and intervention of emotional or behavioral problems that place students at risk of being academically unsuccessful or dropping out of school prior to completion of their high school education.

Some examples of these behaviors are harm to self or others through violence or self-abuse, substance abuse, family and relational problems, grief, trauma, depression, truancy and absenteeism, neglect or abuse.

Students are referred by DISD administrators, teachers, staff, parents, or friends. Additionally, the student may self-refer. I then meet with the student, and parents as appropriate, for brief counseling and referrals to community resources. Students are informed of a counselor’s legal and ethical obligation to maintain confidentiality as well as the limits of the confidential relationship.

The At-Risk Counseling program is available for crisis situations on every campus (PK-12) with students who are experiencing mental health, personal, behavioral or academic problems.

Contact information—
Please contact me with questions, concerns or suggestions about your student. My main office is located in the Counseling Center at Dayton High School. The telephone number is 936.258.2510, extension 4124.

If I am out of the office, I can be reached by cell phone. My district cell phone number is 936.334.4074. I am available at any time for emergency calls via cell.

Alternatively, for problems that are not an emergency, you may send an email to me at rtepfer@daytonisd.net and I will respond as soon as possible.

I look forward to working with your family to help your student be happy, healthy and successful in the school environment.

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