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Lewisburg-area board hears plan for CSIU NEST clinic, district reports teletherapy uptake
Summary
At a Lewisburg Area Board of School Directors meeting, Dr. Sam Faulkner detailed a new CSIU-licensed outpatient clinic (NEST) meant to link clinical care with school-based supports; district staff reported recent increases in virtual counseling referrals and utilization.
The Lewisburg Area Board of School Directors on Tuesday heard a presentation on a newly licensed psychiatric outpatient clinic intended to expand school-based mental health services and an update on the district’s current mental-health provider partnerships.
Dr. Sam Faulkner, a pediatric psychologist who said he is affiliated with the CSIU and the CSU, described the NEST clinic — “Nurturing Environments for Support and Treatment” — as a state-licensed outpatient psychiatric clinic that will function as a regional hub and establish satellite clinic sites inside school districts. Faulkner said the clinic’s stated services include psychiatric evaluations, individual and group therapy, and limited medication management. “We will have maybe about a day a week” of medication-management access, he said, and emphasized that “the overwhelming, empirical evidence for treating youth mental health is in favor of…
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