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District outlines mental health supports and new SSIS roles; board asks for staffing details and metrics
Summary
The district presented a comprehensive overview of mental health and wellness resources, including tiered supports, new student support instructional specialists (SSIS), MHART teams, family counseling partnerships and prevention programs; board members asked for detailed staffing counts, implementation data, and outcome measures.
Broward County Public Schools staff on Monday gave a multi-department presentation on mental health and wellness resources, describing prevention and intervention work across school counselors, family therapists, social workers, psychologists and a new class of Student Support Instructional Specialists (SSIS).
Verneka Winter, director of mental health services, and district colleagues described a fourfold approach: prevention (whole-school resilience programs, Mindfulness/Inner Explorer, youth mental health first aid), personnel (counselors, social workers, family therapists, psychologists, SSIS), intervention (site-level counseling, referrals to…
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