NSBSD Student Services — special education, school counselors, connecting students to behavioral health (907-852-9651)

The North Slope Borough School District's Student Services Department, 907-852-9651 (nsbsd.org), supports students and families in all eight communities: understanding and accessing special education and IEPs, classroom accommodations and therapies (speech, physical, occupational), school guidance counselors for career planning, peer relationships, grief, anxiety or bullying, crisis response, and — with parents or guardians — connection to outside behavioral or mental health services such as NSB IBH (907-852-0366). Every school has access to a guidance counselor or student support specialist. (Source: North Slope Borough Health & Social Services resource guide.)