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Oyster River: school-based behavioral health counselor shows early signs of improved student engagement
Summary
District leaders reported that a school-based behavioral health counselor added this year is providing individualized Tier-3 support, coordinating outside services and helping attendance, with a current caseload of roughly 28 students split between the high school and middle school.
Catherine Pollard, the district’s director of student support services, and Shane Karen, director of counseling at the high school, provided the school board with an update on a new school-based behavioral health counselor position funded in this year’s budget.
The position was established to offer Tier-3, individualized wraparound services: weekly school-based therapy, case management, coordination with outside providers, and reentry support. Board members were told the role is intended to boost social-emotional skills, attendance and academic engagement for students who require more intensive help than universal or short-term group interventions.
Presenters said the current counselor, identified in discussion as “Jill,” is scheduled…
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