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North Penn outlines pilot for in-house mental health supports; students propose college-mentor idea
Summary
The Safe Schools Committee heard a proposal to pilot internal mental‑health supports for crisis response and follow-up, and student representative Grace proposed recruiting college psychology students for supervised counseling and parent-education sessions.
North Penn officials presented a proposed pilot to add in-house mental-health supports for students in crisis and for post-crisis follow-up, and a student representative outlined several student‑led ideas for peer-adjacent supports.
Mister Roan described a demo model that would repurpose internal staff with flexible schedules and qualified training to provide immediate crisis support and follow-up check-ins. “We are looking to deploy a demo ... where we have folks internally who have necessary and qualified training to be able to support our students in crisis and also do some follow-up,” he said.
Student proposals: Grace, the student…
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