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Yorktown PPS describes rising secondary mental-health needs, recommends hires and partnership with Westchester Medical Center
Summary
The districts director of pupil personnel reported increasing adolescent mental-health referrals concentrated at the high school, recommended a high-school social worker and an elementary psychologist, and highlighted a new outpatient partnership with Westchester Medical Center.
Caroline Amida, introduced in the meeting as the districts director of pupil personnel, presented special-education and student-support data and asked the board to consider two staffing changes to address growing mental-health needs.
Amida said the district currently employs nine social workers and two behavior specialists districtwide and noted one key trend: "the majority of our referrals for secondary students are because of increased mental-health needs," shifting the bulk of classified referrals from elementary to high school since the COVID pandemic.
To respond, Amida…
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