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Integrating School Mental Health in a Community School
MHSSA funds have been invested to enhance the LACOE Community Schools' vision of creating school communities which empower all students, families, and staff to thrive by promoting mental health and wellbeing through a multitiered approach. Sara Puma is the school based social worker assigned to Ganesha High School to provide prevention and early intervention services.
Multi -Tiered Systems of Support to Enhance Wellness and Address Mental Health
Tier 1 - School Wide Services/intervention
Tier 1 - School Wide Services/intervention
Facilitate professional development: Trauma-Informed Communication, Suicide Prevention and Safety Planning, Mental Health Awareness, Psychological First Aid, etc.
Parent workshops/psychoeducation to support socio-emotional development (e.g. relationship building, teen development, etc.)
Mental Health Awareness presentations for students
Anti-Bullying Campaign (e.g. Kindness Week, Compassion Games, Cyberbullying Campaign, etc.)
Tier 2 - targeted services/interventions
Tier 2 - targeted services/interventions
Facilitate Suicide Prevention classroom interventions to targeted groups
Facilitate Resilience Skills Curriculum to targeted groups
Youth Peer Leadership Program Development, Training, Activities
Provide group counseling for specific mental health concerns (trauma, anxiety, depression, coping with stress, anger management)
Tier 3 - Individual/family focused mental health services
Tier 3 - Individual/family focused mental health services
Provide Referral/Linkage to outside services
Complete psycho-social assessments for students
Provide mental health interventions to individual students
Provide short term individual counseling
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