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Element 1: Safe School Environment
Element 2: AODA and Violence Prevention and Early Intervention
Element 3: School and Community Mental Health Prevention and Treatment Intervention Services
Element 4: Early Childhood Psychological and Emotional Development Services
Element 5: Educational Reform
Element 6: Safe School Policies
Director: Mary Gulbrandsen 608.663.1671 mgulbrandsen@madison.k12.wi.us
Coordinator: Joan Lerman 608.663.1906 jlerman@madison.k12.wi.us
School and Community Mental Health Prevention and Treatment Intervention Services
Positive Behavior Support Team (PBST)
All elementary and middle schools have access to teams comprised of an MMSD social worker or psychologist, a teacher with special skills in working with children with serious behavior problems, and a mental health specialist (from the Mental Health Center of Dane County, MHCDC.) These teams provide short-term interventions to stabilize the child's behavior, and helps the child's family establish a plan and team structure to provide ongoing care and support.
Contact:
Jim Haessly 608.204.3049 jhaessly@madison.k12.wi.us
Kristen Esbensen 608.280.2610 kristen.esbensen@mhcdc.org