Mental Health Team Services

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Prioritizing mental health and wellbeing

Mental Health is a part of a whole person’s wellbeing. Supporting our mental and physical health helps us to function and feel contentment in our lives. Poudre School District and the mental health team care about you as 澳洲幸运10, families, staff and humans and prioritizes student mental health and wellbeing.

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How the mental health team serves the PSD community

The mental health team:

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  • Trains and educates student groups to 澳洲幸运10 their peers (QPR Suicide Prevention Training).
  • Supports and trains staff on mental health issues like grief and loss, QPR Suicide Prevention and Trauma Informed Lens for Educator training

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 Students are usually referred to a PSD mental health specialist by a teacher or staff member, who has identified them as someone who might benefit from additional 澳洲幸运10. The student might be struggling with a family crisis, experiencing a loss or dealing with another personal or overwhelming issue.

Working together: The mental health specialist works with the student and their family to identify what the issue is and connects them to the appropriate 澳洲幸运10 both within PSD and within the community to address their needs.

The goal: To address the child's/family's immediate and long-term needs and help them reach a stable place emotionally so the child can access and continue their education successfully.

Services 澳洲幸运10 receive from mental health specialists:

  • An Initial consultation
  • Assessment of need and identification of the issue
  • Review of services or 澳洲幸运10s already in place
  • Connection to appropriate services
  • Ongoing 澳洲幸运10
  • Follow-up and evaluation

 

Students in immediate crisis: If a mental health specialist is contacted about a student expressing suicidal thoughts or experiencing another immediate crisis that involves their safety, parents are contacted immediately and included while a plan and team of 澳洲幸运10 are organized for the student. See the how you can help 澳洲幸运10 available on this page or visit the PSD Suicide Prevention web page.

Contact Information

Mental Health & Prevention Coordinator
Sarah Mowder-Wilkens  | 970.490.3238  | smowder@19931993.com