The aspiration of the Child Welfare, Attendance and Safety Department is to promote student success. We believe in the fundamental principal of equity and fair treatment of all Pasadena Unified School District students. All students will be provided fair access and opportunity to comprehensive services that meet their needs. We strive to create a culture of collaboration by engaging community stakeholders, families, students, and staff in strategically addressing the barriers to student success.

Through communication, collaboration, and engagement, our team of experienced professionals deliver student, family and community services, maximizing school achievement for students at all levels of learning and overcoming the academic, social, emotional, or physical barriers which may impede student success.

We focus on areas of: 

• Alternative Education Placement Committee
• ALternative to Suspension Program
• Attendance and Truancy
• Behavior Intervention
• Behavior RTI: Response to Intervention
• Bullying Prevention
• CWAS Mental Health Crisis Response Team
• Discipline Guidelines - Suspension, Expulsion, and Alternative to Suspension & Expulsion
• Foster Youth Community Liaison
• Foster Youth Consortium
• Foster Youth Sensitivity Training
• Mandated Child Abuse Reporting Training
• Master's in Social Work Intern Program
• Mental Health Consortium
• Mental Health Services
• Mentoring/Mentors for L.I.F.E.
• Restorative Justice Practices
• Section 504 Plan
• SARB (School Attendance Review Board)
• SART (School Attendance Review Team)
• Scholars Transitioning and Realizing Success (STARS)
• School Safety
• Social Emotional Supports
• PUSD Clinical Social Workers
• For more information contact CWAS 

 The Office of Child Welfare, Attendance, and Safety is very excited to announce that Pasadena Unified School District will be participating in The Great Kindness Challenge! January 27th to February 1st! This is a nation-wide initiative to combat bullying and promote a climate of kindness at school. For more information on the intiative, please click HERE.

In December 2016, the Pasadena Unified Board of Education joined California educational institutions in approving the resolution 2386 “Safe Zones for Students Threatened by Immigration Enforcement.” Our schools will continue to be the anchors of our neighborhoods, where all students and their families are welcomed, valued, and supported. We will continue to collaborate with each other and our partners to achieve academic excellence, celebrate our strengths and cultural diversity. 

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