Are your students’ needs being met?

Do your classroom teachers need support with students who struggle with behavioral concerns but do not qualify for an IEP?
Have you tried to develop and implement 504 plan protocols or a tiered intervention system and need support?
Are you concerned about the increasing suicide rate among students?
Do you want to build bridges between students’ caregivers and the school?
Our team can:

Administer a wide variety of special educational and gifted assessments.
Provide consultation for special education administration.
Assist in developing a 504 plan protocol and facilitate individual 504 meetings.
Consultation or facilitation of the special education processes.
Offer a comprehensive school-wide Suicide Risk Assessment and Prevention Program.
Engage and support parents and caregivers through Caregiver Support Groups.
Support students through individual and group counseling.

The link between physical and mental health and the overall success of children in school is well-researched and documented. In the Fall of 2016, the Missouri School Boards’ Association convened a School-Based Health Center Task Force comprised of districts across the state that represented the diversity of Missouri schools and students. Mental health services were the most frequently identified area of unmet need in every region and every size community throughout the state. As part of a multi-faceted approach to meeting this need, MSBA started offering comprehensive behavioral and mental health services to Missouri schools through services from Research to Practice, Inc.

Who are our behavioral health specialists?
Our behavioral health team is uniquely qualified to support Missouri schools. All of our behavioral staff come from a background of working for and with school districts and have dedicated their practice to the intersection of school and mental health. Our program leadership is provided by an individual who is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Distance Certified Counselor, and Certified K12 School Counselor in Missouri. Together, our team of Licensed Professional Counselors have experience working directly with children and adolescents who are diagnosed with Emotional Disturbance and/or have a medical diagnosis of Depression, Bi-Polar Disorder, ADHD, eating disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, and other diagnoses. In addition to working directly with students, our team also consults with school personnel regarding student behavior, teacher support, and parent engagement. For more information about these services, contact Ashley Beumer, JD, ashley@therapylog.com, 314-324-1389. Who is providing the special education consultation services? Our team has over 35 years of special education administration experience and is available to help develop internal protocols or consult on individual cases. As former Missouri school administrators and special education directors, our team is specifically poised to support school administration, staff, and students.

How can we work together to meet the unmet behavioral health and special education needs of your district?
Our behavioral health team utilizes a hybrid approach to providing consultation and direct services that combines in-person contact and remote engagement, when appropriate. For example, our individual counselors may build an initial relationship using traditional in-person techniques and then transition to remote engagement via video conferencing. We would continue to alternate the approaches to ensure in-person contact along with real-time video conferencing. When providing special education testing, we will meet with your student in person but gather information from teachers and family members remotely. This approach allows us to keep your district costs to a minimum while still providing the highest quality services.

What supports can you offer to address the epidemic of student suicides?
Our behavioral health team offers supportive methods to help assess student risk for suicide and develop a Suicide Prevention Program within your school tailored to your school’s needs. Specifically, we offer two different ways we can support your school's suicide risk needs including: Implementing the Student Suicide Risk Assessment Program and/or providing Licensed Professional Counselors. The Student Suicide Risk Assessment Program begins with customizing a program to address your unique school and community considerations. Two members of our team will take the lead on the program along with designated school staff that are trained to help implement the program. The program includes a school-wide intervention designed to assess individual risk and develop individual student plans, including parent engagement, in-patient programs and follow-up through school-based interventions with which we can assist.

Key Services:

Suicide Risk Assessment & Prevention Program
Psychol-Educational Assessments (special education and gifted testing)
School-Based Counseling (individual and/or group)
Caregiver Support Groups
Functional Behavioral Assessments & Behavioral Intervention Plans
Special Education Consultation & Support
Staff Professional Development

For more information about these services, contact Ashley Beumer, JD, Chief Operations Officer ashley@therapylog.com 314-324-1389

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