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District expands student supports: free home-based therapy, new SLP hire and parent advisory appointment
Summary
Trustees heard that Care Solace/Daybreak Health services will return under a California grant offering free home- and school-based therapy for TK–8 students, approved a full-time in-person speech-language pathologist contract to address caseloads, and appointed a parent representative to the community advisory council; motions passed 3-0.
The board heard three related items concerning student supports and staffing.
Mental-health services: Dr. Somer Prather Smith explained the district’s prior contract with Care Solace and said a new California grant allows Care Solace to provide services at no charge to the district through Daybreak Health. Under the grant model, students under age 10 will be referred for family-based (home) therapy and students aged…
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