Mental Health in Schools – Tre King, MSW Doin’ The Work: Frontline Stories of Social Change

Episode 29Guest: Tre King, MSWHost: Shimon Cohen, LCSW
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In this episode, I talk with Tre King, who is a Mental Health Coordinator in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Tre explains how he is one of 65 mental health coordinators in the school district’s Department of Mental Health Services, and that he and his colleagues each serve five schools of various grade levels. We talk about the issues affecting students and how Tre works with them. Tre discusses what it is like to work within the same school district he attended, in his own community, and how he sees himself in his students. We explore how marginalized and oppressed communities are talked about in social work classrooms and the profession versus Tre’s reality of his own background and current social work practice. Tre talks about trainings he’s done in the community, such as Mental Health First Aid. Tre also shares how he got into this work. I hope this conversation inspires you to action.
Twitter: @Tre_King_MDCPShttp://mentalhealthservices.dadeschools.net/MDCPS Mental Health Services Twitter: @MDCPS_MHSMDCPS Mental Health Services Parent Assistance Line: (305) 995-7100operational Monday-Friday 8am-4pm to assist students and their families with Mental Health Support