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Milford schools detail layered mental‑health services, cite 474 students in active care and data from monitoring software
Summary
District mental health coordinator MJ Ostrowski told the school board the district provides layered in‑school mental health supports, has 474 students in active care, piloted Sources of Strength with 229 peer leaders, and used Gaggle monitoring that flagged 56 imminent threats and 395 suicide/self‑harm instances from July–March.
Milford Exempted Village School District mental health coordinator MJ Ostrowski told the school board on April 17 that the district offers multiple, layered mental‑health services across elementary, middle and high schools and currently has 474 students receiving regular clinical services.
Ostrowski said the district provides one‑on‑one and group services through school psychologists and counselors, maintains school‑based day treatment (two hours of group therapy per school day plus weekly individual therapy), and employs mental health interventionists and external partners such as Child Focus and BestPoint Behavioral Health. "We have 474 students that we are actively serving," Ostrowski said, clarifying that figure covered students with weekly, biweekly or monthly scheduled appointments and did not include one‑time crisis contacts handled by counselors.
The district this year piloted the Sources of Strength…
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