Access Psychology Foundation Awards $83,000 in Grants to Two New York Schools for DBT Training
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These grants will allow the staff to receive training and ongoing consultation in DBT to help them identify and effectively intervene with youth presenting with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges impacting their academic and family function. As schools and community-based organizations are the de facto mental health frontline for youngsters, APF prioritizes partnering with their dedicated teachers, principals, administrators, youth counselors, and other direct service providers, who are eager for proactive ways to address childrens mental health issues before they require more serious treatment.We are thrilled to award grants to Democracy Prep Public Schools and Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Union Free School District, said Damian Travier, Access Psychology Foundation Executive Director. As part of the Comprehensive School-Based DBT, staff receive four days of virtual training for those implementing Universal Classroom DBT in the classroom setting, a two-hour consultation meeting to address implementation obstacles and solutions, and ongoing training and consultation to offer problem-solving, ensure program adherence, and support curriculum implementation and strategies for teaching mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and Walking the Middle Path skills.For years its been a dream of mine to bring DBT to our schools at Hawthorne Cedar Knolls, shared Michele Pisarz, Supervisor of Special Ed at Hawthorne Cedar Knolls UFSD. To learn more about APFs vision of equitable access to successful mental health services and training for all communities, please visit their website at www.access-psychology.org.EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article.