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Parent asks Coatesville Area SD to allow in-school intensive behavioral health services; criticizes Care Solace follow-up
Summary
At the March 25 Coatesville Area School District meeting a parent described repeated delays and gaps in mental health services for her son, urged the district to allow intensive behavioral health technicians (BHTs) to work inside schools, and questioned the district's use of the Care Solace provider network.
At the Coatesville Area School District board meeting on March 25, parent Deb Willett told the board her seven-year-old son — who receives outpatient therapy, medication management and home- and community-based intensive behavioral health (IBH) services — could not be supported in school by a behavioral health technician (BHT) and instead the district assigned a one-on-one aide.
Willett said her son had been approved for 130 hours per month of behavioral health technician services but was told at an Individualized Education…
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