Everyone Your Kid Relies On at School Disappears in June. We Don't.
Everyone Your Kid Relies On at School Disappears in June. We Don't.
June is coming whether you're ready or not.
And with it, everyone your child relies on at school disappears. Their teacher. Their bus driver. The school social worker who knows their name and notices when something's off. The entire scaffolding that holds the school year together — gone until September.
For kids who are already managing big emotions, anxiety, difficult behavior, or just the general chaos of being a kid right now, that disappearing act lands hard. And the unstructured days that follow? They're not always the carefree summer of anyone's imagination. For a lot of families, summer is genuinely hard. Not vacation-hard. Actually hard.
Here's what's different about working with a Family Service Rochester school-based therapist: we don't disappear in June.
Already in Therapy? Keep Going.
If your child has been working with an FSR therapist during the school year, summer is not the time to pause. The tools they've been building, the trust they've developed, the steadiness that took months to create — keep that momentum going. Work through the summer and walk into fall with a therapist who already knows your child, instead of starting over in the middle of an already overwhelming season.
Thinking About Starting? Summer Is Actually a Great Time.
Less pressure. More flexibility. And if you start now, your child walks into September already connected to someone who will be right there in their school building when the year begins.
For Families at Dakota Middle School Next Fall
If your child is making that jump to Dakota in September, summer is the ideal time to get connected with an FSR therapist who will actually be there when school starts. A new building, new teachers, new social dynamics — and one adult in that school who already knows your child. That's not a small thing.
Is Your Child's School on This List?
Family Service Rochester has school-based therapists at:
- Rochester School District
- Kenyon-Wanamingo Schools
- Plainview-Elgin-Milleville Schools
- Lake City Schools
- Cannon Falls Schools
- Kasson-Mantorville Schools
- Chatfield Elementary
Spots are limited. Summer fills up faster than you'd think. If your child's school is on this list, reach out now — not in August when everyone is scrambling.
