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IB World School
High 5 - 5th
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3829 13th Ave S
Minneapolis 55407
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9:10am-3:40pm
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School-Based Counseling and Mental Health Resources


MPS contracts with mental health agencies throughout Minneapolis to provide school-based mental health services to students and families. Watercourse Counseling Center provides school-based counseling services to Bancroft students and families. If you think your student and/or family might benefit from Watercourse’s services, please contact the school social worker, Cathy Todd, at Catherine.Todd@mpls.k12.mn.us

 for more information.

Watercourse Counseling Center School-Based Providers

Common issues addressed in play therapy: 

  • Anger and aggression
  • Depression
  • Low self-esteem
  • Grief / Loss
  • Anxiety
  • Relationship challenges
  • Divorce reaction
  • ADHD symptom
  • Bullying
  • Crisis, trauma, abuse
  • Social difficulties
  • Academic problem

According to the Association for Play Therapy, play therapy helps children:

  • Become more responsible for behaviors and develop more successful strategies.
  • Develop new and creative solutions to problems.
  • Develop respect and acceptance for self and others.
  • Learn to experience and express emotions.
  • Cultivate empathy and respect for thoughts and feelings of others.
  • Learn new social skills and relational skills with family and friends.
  • Develop self-efficacy and thus a better assuredness about their abilities. 

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3829 13th Ave S
Minneapolis 55407
Main Office
612-668-3550
Parvin.Jaipat@mpls.k12.mn.us
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