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14 <br /> Mental Health Support forStudents <br /> SCHOOL-BASED SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT <br /> • School Based Therapy • Cardinal Innovations <br /> • Dispute Settlement Center-Restorative Practices/Clrcle • Friday Center trainings <br /> tralninglstaff support • Dispute Settlement Center <br /> • SAFE-{Substance Abuse Family Education Program} • Parent information Sessions <br /> • Boomerang-Strive Program • Freedom House <br /> • Recovery International-Power your Mind:Tools to build • EI Futuro <br /> resilience In MS students- <br /> • Substance Abuse Prevention Curriculum-Secondary <br /> • Wise Owl Drug Safety Curriculum-Elementary <br /> • School Social Workers,Counselors <br /> • Second Step-select schools <br /> • Newsela SEL curriculum and support resources <br /> • Panorama SEL support resources <br /> • Friday Center SEL Lessons and resources <br /> 1 • Gatekeepers training <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Slide #8 <br /> Social i Emotional Well-being for <br /> OCS staff are important and their emotional well-being is a key in the <br /> success of students. <br /> OCS engages in supporting our staff by: <br /> • Prominently displaying and reminding staff of the Employees <br /> Assistance Program which provides support in multiple ways. <br /> • Workshops with Kelli Underwood, LCSW, began in 2019-2020 and <br /> will continue into this school year. Workshops are designed to <br /> support adults with tools and techniques to address their emotion <br /> well being and how to best work with students experiencing a <br /> myriad of feelings and behaviors related to the pandemic and <br /> 4 school closure. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Commissioner Richards asked how the statistics presented at the beginning of the <br /> 7 presentation compare to pre-pandemic levels. <br /> 8 Sherita Cobb said the statistics are concerning and are higher than at the beginning of <br /> 9 the pandemic. She said it is important to make sure that students and parents are aware of <br /> 10 resources, and having all available staff working together to support students and families. <br /> 1 1 Commissioner Richards asked if the current levels are double pre-pandemic levels. <br /> 12 Sherita Cobb said the numbers are not double, but well above the normal amount of <br /> 13 referrals. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 4. Racial Equity Collaboration and Support <br /> 16 <br /> 17 a. Orange County— Orange County Human Rights and Relations Director, Annette <br /> 18 Moore <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Annette Moore made the following presentation: <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Slide #1 <br />