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Presenters describe peer-to-peer program to Manistee Area Public Schools board
Summary
School behavioral-health staff presented a peer-to-peer program (agenda listed as 'Be Good', presenters referred to 'Be Nice'), saying it aims to shift culture, support mental health, assist with suicide prevention and bullying prevention and that 'this evidence-program is very popular in Michigan schools.'
Olivia Lenon, Behavioral Health Services at MES, and Therese Patnoude, Behavioral Services at MMHS, gave a presentation on a school-based peer-to-peer program that the agenda lists as 'Be Good' but that the presenters referred to in their remarks as the 'Be Nice' program. They described the program's implementation steps and goals, including culture change and suicide-prevention supports, and said the program is widely used in the state: "this evidence-program is very popular in Michigan schools."
The presenters outlined action steps for bringing the program into classrooms and cited expected benefits for student mental health and bullying prevention. The presentation did not include specific implementation dates or budget figures in the transcript; those details were not specified.
