The Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative, through its Mental Wellness Project, is profiling six approaches that address growing concerns about mental health issues experienced by young people in its new solutions-focused reporting series, A Way Through: Strategies for Youth Mental Health.
Cuando TRAILS fue creado por el Departamento de Psiquiatría de la Universidad de Michigan en 2013, servía solo a dos escuelas de Ann Arbor. Hoy se ha instituido en 700 escuelas en Michigan, y TRAILS ha brindado capacitación, materiales y apoyo para la implementación a escuelas en 50 de los 56 distritos escolares intermedios de Michigan.
Kid Grid provides an easy-to-read grid to quickly preview service options. The listing at the end of the document has more details on mental health services, listed alphabetically by provider. This guide also includes a listing of inpatient facilities for youth with more severe mental health issues.
Los talleres para hermanos brindan a los niños que tienen hermanos que viven con discapacidades la oportunidad de conectarse, compartir sus experiencias, hacer preguntas y ofrecer consejos.
As mental-health concerns for youth rise, behavioral health consultants provide onsite counseling services to students in schools across Calhoun County. The social workers there have a high level of expertise and experience in conditions such as stress, anxiety, grief, and depression.
When TRAILS was created by the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychiatry in 2013, it served just two Ann Arbor schools. Today it has been instituted in 700 schools in Michigan, and TRAILS has provided training, materials, and implementation support to schools in 50 of Michigan’s 56 intermediate school districts.
In Marianne Joynt’s new role as mental health initiatives coordinator for the district, she’s able to go wherever support is needed for staff and students and put together plans to meet their needs as best she can.
About 23 years ago a group of Kalamazoo-area professionals launched the Southwest Michigan Child Trauma Assessment Center at Western Michigan University to assess traumatized children that has not only become the model for similar centers across Michigan and in Colorado but also has effected change in the state’s child-welfare system and beyond.
A medida que aumentan las preocupaciones sobre la salud mental de los jóvenes, los consultores de salud del comportamiento brindan servicios de asesoramiento en el lugar a los estudiantes en las escuelas de todo el condado de Calhoun. Los trabajadores sociales allí tienen un alto nivel de conocimientos y experiencia en condiciones como el estrés, la ansiedad, el duelo y la depresión.
En el nuevo rol de Marianne Joynt como coordinadora de iniciativas de salud mental para el distrito, puede ir a donde se necesite apoyo para el personal y los estudiantes y elaborar planes para satisfacer sus necesidades lo mejor que pueda.
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