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Wellness Education Wellness Education
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COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
Who are School Psychologists? Crisis Prevention and Response Training (PREPaRE)
School Psychologists are mental health professionals with specialized advanced graduate preparation that School Psychological Services also offers school-employed mental health professionals and other District
includes coursework in both psychology and education. School psychologists typically complete a minimum employed educators crisis prevention and response training utilizing the PREPaRE model, a comprehensive
of a specialist-level degree in school psychology, or a doctoral-level degree, both with a required year-long and nationally available curriculum developed specifically to address school crisis management. The model
supervised internship. School Psychologists are certified through the Florida Department of Education, emphasizes that members of school crisis response teams should be involved in the following hierarchical
and many also hold the Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) credential which recognizes school and sequential set of activities (NASP):
psychologists who meet rigorous national standards set forth by NASP. Many school psychologists are also
licensed for professional practice through the Florida Department of Health. ‚ P – Prevent and prepare for crises
‚ R – Reaffirm physical health and welfare, and perceptions of safety and security
Comprehensive and Integrated School Psychological Services ‚ E – Evaluate psychological trauma risk
‚ P – Provide interventions
Through ongoing consultation and collaboration with teachers, families, and school-employed mental health ‚ a – and
professionals, school psychologists apply expertise in learning, behavior, and mental health to provide a broad ‚ R – Respond to mental health needs
range of layered services to support improved student outcomes. They are uniquely qualified members of ‚ E – Examine the effectiveness of crisis preparedness
school teams who provide educational and direct support services in the areas of data collection and analysis,
psychological assessment and evaluation, progress monitoring, identification of resilience and risk factors, The PREPaRE model provides school crisis teams with a uniform and systematic approach to crisis response and
development of academic/learning interventions, instructional support, prevention and intervention services, intervention. The model incorporates foundational documents provided by U.S. Departments of Education
behavioral interventions, mental health interventions, special education services, and crisis preparedness and and Homeland Security, as well as the U.S. Department of Education’s Readiness and Emergency Management
response. for Schools (REMS) guidance, and the Incident Command System (ICS) as delineated by the National Incident
Management System (NIMS) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [adapted from NASP
As qualified mental health professionals, school psychologists deliver a continuum of direct educational and - About PREPaRE].
mental health services within a multitiered system to support the mental and behavioral health needs of
students. These services include prevention and early intervention services for all students, and also support
for students in need of more intensive services. During FY20, school psychologists provided a variety of
wellness promotion, prevention, early intervention, and therapeutic services, including:

¾ Classroom lessons on mindfulness and resiliency skill building
¾ Staff training and development related to mental health problems
¾ Staff training and development on enhancing student coping strategies
¾ Suicide awareness and prevention training for schools
¾ Youth Mental Health First Aid training for schools
¾ Student suicide risk assessment
¾ Crisis response/intervention for students, families, and school staff through participation on crisis
response teams
¾ Coordination of school-based and community-based services to support students and families
¾ Skills groups (e.g., social skills training, anger management, anxiety/stress reduction)
¾ Individual and small-group counseling
¾ Student mentoring
¾ Psychological assessment of student social, emotional, and behavioral problems
¾ Development of individualized recommendations/interventions based on student evaluation results

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