Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School

Ocean County residents are offered FREE, short-term guidance and referral services. Guidance sessions include subject areas such as peer pressure, anger management, and bullying. To be eligible for the Guidance Program, children must be between the ages of 6 and 17 years old and reside in ocean County. School counselor's refer most children, but anyone can call for information or to make an appointment. This service is located at 1505 North Bay Avenue in Toms River. (732) 341-1000 extension 8436/8437

The FSO is a nonprofit organization made up of parents and community members whose mission is to ensure that every Ocean County family who have children with special emotional and behavioral needs is given community based resources and support in a family friendly, child centered, culturally competent manner. Their website lists parent groups, support groups, and self-help groups in your area. 

The Children's Mobile Response and Stabilization System is operated by Preferred Children's Services. This system provides time-limited, crisis intervention and stabilization services to children and youth exhibiting emotional or behavioral disturbances that threaten to disrupt their current living arrangements. The mobile response team, once the crisis is deemed eligible, will arrive at the site of the crisis within ONE HOUR to diffuse the emergency and provide crisis intervention services for up to 72 hours. If needed, on-going stabilization services, such as in-home family therapy services and behavioral assistance, can be provided for up to eight weeks. Long term needs will be met through referrals to needed services within the community. Click link above for information or if you think your child is in crisis call their toll free hotline at

This website provides a great deal of information about anger management. The material and accompanying tips are offered to suit the intended audience (parents, kids, couples, families). Feel free to explore the "For Kids" section with your child!

This website, hosted by the American School Counselor Association, allows you to browse and select articles spanning a variety of topics useful for parents.

This website provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. KidsHealth has separate areas for kids, teens, and parents; you can find the kid-friendly version of the site under the "Website for Kids" section of my Links page. Physicians and other health experts review all information before it is published on KidsHealth. All content is re-reviewed on a regular basis (about every 1 to 3 years, or more frequently if needed). This page, like its kid-friendly counterpart, is available is Spanish.

This PBS Parents website offers lots of useful tips for helping parents help their children successfully start the school year. The stage-by-stage tips include a section specifically focused toward helping those parents whose children are starting a new school. While some of the specifics in the article may not apply exactly to our school, the general messages can be very beneficial.