Turner Elementary Intervention Specialist builds student confidence through lunchtime haircuts

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- You tin find Carey Knox walking the halls to propulsion students retired of class.

As an involution specializer astatine Turner Elementary School, helium focuses connected the student's social-emotional learning.

"Teaching students astir self-awareness, self-management, societal skills," Knox said.

That includes periodic check-ins to spot however students are doing.

It was done those check-ins helium noticed thing astir JayVari Boyd, who wasn't playing overmuch with different kids.

"I noticed like, you cognize what, I've been present each twelvemonth agelong and you person not had a haircut," Knox said.

Knox, who went to barber schoolhouse during the pandemic, got his principal's permission, past the parent's permission.

He recovered retired the parents struggled to find idiosyncratic to chopped JayVari's hairsbreadth well.

Knox gave the escaped haircut during luncheon and said JayVari's demeanor wholly changed.

"As soon arsenic I was done, helium was happy, moving around, doing dances, jumping everywhere. I was similar 'That's each it took, huh? Ok.'" Knox said.

Word got retired that Mr. Knox was giving lunchtime lineups.

"When they recovered retired I was cutting hair, I was getting a enactment of kids conscionable coming successful like, 'Can I get a haircut? Can I get a haircut? Can I get a haircut?'" Knox said.

Parents' support is required, but Mr. Knox says helium utilizes each infinitesimal helium has with students successful the chair.

"I'm benignant of similar gathering that narration with them," Knox said.

It seems to beryllium working. Knox says helium tin spot however it impacts students, whether it's the talking oregon the trim.

"I consciousness similar erstwhile you chopped kids hairsbreadth and you springiness them that self-confidence, you'll commencement to spot a alteration and a difference," Knox said.

Mr. Knox hopes to proceed haircuts adjacent year.

He besides hopes this inspires different barbers to either assistance him retired present oregon assistance retired successful their ain communities.

If you'd similar to coordinate to donate your clip with Mr. Knox, you tin scope him via email astatine carey.knox@fresnounified.org.

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