Edmond Family Counseling 405-341-3554 1251 N. Broadway, Edmond, OK 73034 Edmondfamily.org Striving to be where “Community and Counseling
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Connect”, Edmond Family Counseling (EFC) is a not-for- profit community based counseling agency which has been providing mental health and counseling services to clients and families for more than 40 years. Committed to strengthening families, individuals and the community by championing mental health through prevention, education and counseling, EFC offers a wide range of services to meet the needs of those struggling with mental health related issues. Individual and family counseling, 24/7 crisis intervention, and mental health prevention groups for youth are available on a weekly basis. These are some of the more than 20 different services EFC’s qualified staff of clinicians performs daily. Serving children (starting at age seven) as well as adults, Edmond Family Counseling utilizes a sliding fee scale, to assist all clients in receiving excellent professional services at affordable cost.
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In an effort to promote emotional wellness and resiliency of our youth, Edmond Family Counseling served almost 3500 Edmond students and families through its school-based curriculum programs during the 2020-2021 school year. With the ongoing goal to educate and increase mental health awareness, EFC’s Speaker’s Bureau provides speakers and workshops to organizations upon request on a host of mental health education and prevention topics. If you or your family is in of services please contact us at 405-341-3554 or on our website www.edmondfamily.org. EFC is proud to once again be recognized as a MetroFamily “Family Favorite”.
Epic Charter Schools 405.749.4550 1900 NW Expy Floor R3, OKC, OK 73118 Epiccharterschools.org It all started with a simple idea – that school can be different. Ten years and nearly 34,000 students later, EPIC Charter Schools has grown to be Oklahoma’s largest virtual public charter school and the state’s third-largest public school system.
instruct and support their students’ learning. Before the pandemic, teachers met regularly in person with their students, as well as used video conferencing tools like Zoom, Google Hangout, Skype or FaceTime for daily face-to-face interaction. This fall, families have the option of resuming in-person meetings, or exclusively using video conferencing for teacher instruction. “EPIC is uniquely prepared to handle an influx of families due to the pandemic,”Banfield said, adding that all students are given free technology and/or connectivity if they need it. “We look forward to demonstrating to a record number of students this fall that school can indeed be different whether they are with us for a short time or remain with us through graduation.” EPIC is the state’s third-largest public school system. It anticipates serving approximately 40,000 students statewide in the 2020-2021 school year and employing more than 1,700 educators and administrators across Oklahoma.
EPIC Superintendent Bart Banfield said the unprecedented growth is the result of students and families having another option. “One thing we know about education is that one size most certainly does not fit all,” Banfield said. “A great many of our students come to EPIC because a traditional classroom setting wasn’t the right setting for them.” Banfield said school safety issues (like bullying), commitment to sports or other competitive extracurricular activities and different learning styles are some of the many reasons some families have found their way to EPIC. Now, with a global pandemic, some families are being drawn to EPIC for fear of returning to a traditional school setting for the foreseeable future. Free, fully accredited and offering instruction for grades Pre-K through 12, EPIC teachers’ average student roster size is just 28 students, allowing them to daily interact,
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