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Carmel Unified details wellness centers, SEL framework and usage data at board meeting
Summary
Dr. Steve Gonzales, district director of special education and Section 504 coordinator, told the Carmel Unified School District Board of Education that the district now employs multiple school-based mental-health clinicians and operates wellness centers at the middle and high schools to respond to student stress, anxiety and other social-emotional needs.
Dr. Steve Gonzales, director of special education and district Section 504 coordinator, presented an overview of Carmel Unifieds social-emotional learning programs and school-based wellness centers, saying the district has scaled from two mental-health supports to seven district-employed clinicians and two physical wellness centers at the middle school and high school.
Gonzales said the wellness centers exist to "assess students with managing social emotional challenges that could impact learning, social functioning, and academic life," and he emphasized that the district shifted from relying on a…
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