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Middle Country board hears presentation on Northwell school mental health partnership
Summary
Northwell Health presented a new school partnership offering assessments, same-week appointments at a Riverhead behavioral health center, care coordination, teacher training and parent programming; district leaders said they will work with Northwell on communication and program rollout.
Middle Country Central School District heard a presentation Thursday about a newly launched partnership with Northwell Health to expand school-based mental health services for students, the district heard.
Dr. Vera Foyer, medical director for child psychiatry at Northwell Health, told the Board of Education the program aims to combine hospital clinical teams with school clinicians to provide prevention, early recognition and expedited access to specialists and treatment. “Our goal is to mold together our clinical team with your clinicians in the buildings to be together, 1 clinical team to be able to support students,” Dr. Foyer said.
The presentation described a multi-tiered…
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