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Hudsonville staff report growth in school nursing and school-based mental health services; district cites more than 1,600 therapy sessions this year
Summary
District staff told the Hudsonville Public School District board that school nursing and newly expanded school-based mental health therapy reached hundreds of students this year, reporting about 1,657 individual therapy sessions, extensive case management work and expanded CPR/first-aid training for staff.
At a Hudsonville Public School District board meeting, staff presented an update on district nursing services and a newly expanded school-based mental health therapy program, reporting roughly 1,657 individual therapy sessions this year and wide staff training efforts.
Mandy Thomas, a student-services leader who introduced the presentation, said the district’s school nursing team focuses on systems-level supports: preparing medical emergency response teams (MERT), providing CPR and first-aid training to staff, coordinating specialized nursing for students with ongoing health needs and training office staff on medication administration. Thomas said “it might surprise you to know that 3,000 of our students have health conditions” and that district records show more than 3,000 individual nursing encounters this year and…
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