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Bay Shore coaches weigh Northwell proposal to provide free mental-health support for student athletes
Summary
Coach Chris Agostino presented a Northwell Health program offering free sports psychology services to meet with teams and student athletes; board members asked for details on scope and programming and expressed interest in following progress.
At the Bay Shore Union Free School District work session, Chris Agostino told the board about a Northwell Health initiative that would send psychologists and therapists to high schools to provide free support to student athletes. Agostino said only a small number of area schools are currently participating and that Bay Shore could be one of the early adopters in Suffolk County.
Agostino described how the Northwell clinicians would meet initially with teams — varsity and junior varsity — without coaches present to let student…
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