Crisis Response 

Dr. Bethanie Brogli Opell attended the University of Kentucky where she earned a bachelors in psychology and Masters (1998) and Specialist (2001) degrees in school psychology.  She completed her school psychology specialist internship in Grant County in 2001 and then accepted a position with Jefferson County Public Schools to complete her Ph.D. internship the next year.  Dr. Brogli Opell worked at JCPS for 22 years completing psychoeducational assessments, providing consultation and intervention at many different comprehensive elementary/middle/high schools (including state agency, residential and hospital settings).  In 2018, she earned her Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership with research conducted on the protective factors for secondary traumatic stress in crisis response for practitioners.  For the the last 14 years of her time in JCPS, she was integral to developing and implementing best practice prevention and recovery plans for school-based crisis response.  In addition to being a national trainer of the PREPaRE model of crisis response, she also has trainer status for Mental Health First Aid and Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG).  Dr. Brogli Opell has extensive experience and knowledge in the areas of suicide prevention, Sources of Strength and Trauma Informed Care. 

In her new role as Crisis Consultant with OVEC, Dr. Brogli Opell's goal is to build capacity for school-based crisis response, prevention and recovery through gold standard best practice training (PREPaRE) in the 14 school districts served by the educational cooperative in addition to serving at the state level for large crisis situations and consultation.