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ROLE PATH

Educators: keep school stable while adults handle adult conflict.

School staff can help most by protecting routines, keeping communication factual, and connecting families to appropriate school and community support.

WHAT THIS ROLE CAN DO SAFELY

Useful help without private intake.

Protect attendance and routines

Notice changes in attendance, transportation, belongings, and homework without assuming the cause.

Use neutral school notes

Track observable school facts and route sensitive issues through school policy.

Connect to supports

Counselors, nurses, social workers, administrators, and official family-resource doors can help reduce child burden.

WHAT NOT TO DO

Protect children, privacy, and safety boundaries.

Do not make children the courier

Avoid sending adult messages through the student.

Do not take sides in adult disputes

Stay in the school role unless a safety or reporting duty applies.

Do not over-share records

Use school record and privacy rules before sending anything outside appropriate channels.

BEST FIRST DOWNLOADS

Start with these before browsing the full library.

School + Care Team Pack

School communication and support worksheets.

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School/Provider Outreach Packet

Plain-language guidance for teachers and providers.

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Child Wellbeing Observation Pack

Neutral observation categories for routines, school, health, and support needs.

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REFORM / RFC LINK

How this role can help improve the draft.

Educators can review the RFC for school impact, child-burden risks, communication process, reporting boundaries, and family-support coordination.

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PRIVATE-DETAIL GUARDRAIL

Public review is not a private case file.

Do not send identifying stories, child names, allegations, sealed records, medical details, private school records, or confidential legal materials. Use official and professional channels for private concerns.

Read the guardrail

Legal boundary

Public education, not legal advice

FOCaF materials can help families organize questions, dates, documents, and next steps. They do not create an attorney-client relationship and do not replace advice from a qualified professional.

Safety boundary

Safety overrides site content

If someone is in immediate danger, use emergency and crisis resources first. Do not use this site to submit private allegations, child names, sealed records, medical files, or confidential court materials.

Child-first boundary

Children should not carry adult conflict

Tools are designed to reduce adult confusion and pressure, not to make children document adult disputes, choose sides, or act as messengers.

SCHOOL / PROVIDER TOOLKIT

Help children without becoming a custody referee.

Teachers, counselors, pediatricians, childcare providers, coaches, and care teams can use neutral documentation, meeting prep, child-burden reduction, and bounded update templates.

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