Prevention & Wellness
Healthy, Happy Comets
At Mason City Schools, we believe in educating the whole child - helping students believe in who they are and who they can become by providing supports to foster their educational and social-emotional learning. We believe in building meaningful relationships with every student and helping them take care of themselves mentally, physically, and emotionally.
Our prevention and wellness department is a multidisciplinary team ready to support the needs of all students. Our team works to promote student, staff, and community wellness through resource and program development as well as continuing to build community wellness partnerships. Supports and services provided by our counselors, mental wellness designers, and clinical team are available to all Mason City Schools students.
Our partnerships with Mindpeace, 1N5, Joshua's Place, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital support these goals by providing access to therapeutic supports and services for students and families.
If you, or someone you know, is in crisis call, text, or chat 988
Help for Families
- If your child is at immediate risk for harm to self or others call 911 or take them to the nearest emergency room.
- If your child is not at immediate risk, however you are unsure how to proceed.
- Looking for non-emergency resources?
- Looking for Student Wellness Opportunities and Support?
- When are school counselors available to my child?
- If my child needs Clinical Mental Health Support during the school year, who should I contact?
- How can I help my child remain calm while home?
- What community resources are available for families?
- Where can I regularly get food?
- Where do I go to get my child assessed or evaluated?
- Who can I find to tutor my child?
All of our schools are also serviced by therapists from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. CCHMC is honored to partner with Mason City Schools to improve access to care within the community. School based mental health services offer individual therapy services to students in the school setting. This optional and confidential service is offered in addition to existing services provided by school counselors and psychologists. Independently licensed clinicians deliver these services in the school setting and are trained to work with various challenges facing youth, such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, major life changes and difficulty with social relationships.School-based therapists are available to provide care either through sessions held during the school day or through telemedicine based on family preference. For those families that select telemedicine services, the patient will receive a secure link that they can access on their computer or tablet to have a video session with their provider. You will still receive the same level of care from our providers as you'd receive in an in-person clinic visit.
The district has school psychologists at each school who provide services to students from preschool to grade 12. School psychologists help youth succeed academically, socially, behaviorally and emotionally. They collaborate with educators, parents and other professionals to create safe, healthy and supportive learning environments that strengthen connections between home, school and the community for all students. Services provided by school psychologists include teacher and parent collaboration, consultation with administrative staff, individual evaluation of students, short-term counseling, and program development and implementation.
