Episode 3: Collaboration - Teamwork Makes the Dream Work‪!‬ School Mental Health Works!

Episode 3 features a conversation about collaborating to make school mental health work!  Jamie Ganske, Director of Mental Health and Resilience for Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District, discusses how Chippewa Falls has enacted comprehensive school mental health with the support of various community partnerships.  Dr. Leah Featherstone brings the provider perspective as the Vice President of Clinical Operations at Professional Services Group, which collaborates with several southeast Wisconsin school districts to provide school mental health services.  Both share how to start building school-community partnerships, ideas for engaging stakeholders including families and school staff, and reference the Communities of Practice available to both School Mental Health Navigators and School-Based Clinicians, an initiative of the Coalition for Expanding School-Based Mental Health in Wisconsin.

Episode Transcript [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ocbBlE_6k8UTGOvo1BGSrDjqZsu8G_hL/view?usp=sharing]

Show Notes

Coalition for Expanding School-Based Mental Health in Wisconsin [https://www.schoolmentalhealthwisconsin.org/]

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - Comprehensive School Mental Health  [https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/mental-health/framework]

Wisconsin School Mental Health Framework [https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/sspw/pdf/CSMH_Overview_Flyer.pdf]

Cardinal Care - Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District  [http://www.cardinalcare.info/]

Professional Services Group School-Based Mental Health  [https://www.psgcip.com/clinicalservices/servicesprovided/schoolbasedmentalhealth.php]

Communities of Practice - School Mental Health Navigators or School-Based Clinicians [https://www.schoolmentalhealthwisconsin.org/community-committees/]