Schools and communities across the nation are struggling to meet the complex mental health and wellness needs of students and their families. This one-stop webpage is intended to serve as a repository of resources for school personnel who are looking for solutions to their local needs. This resource map will continue to be developed over time by a representative Social and Emotional Wellness Committee and organized within a multi-tiered system. It will include information on the evidence-based assessments, programs, curriculum, consultants, and trainers available regionally to help build a sustainable, healthy social and emotional environment for students and staff.

The Social and Emotional Wellness Committee of the CSIU Region came together early in 2019 in response to a growing need to support area districts and their communities in the following areas:

• Crisis training and response teams
• Suicide prevention and response
• Trauma-informed school models
• MTSS systems of support for mental health
• Social and emotional learning professional development and support

The S&EW committee meets monthly at the CSIU and is facilitated by Bernadette Boerckel, Director of Community Outreach.

S&EW COMMITTEE CORE TEAM MEMBERS

John Kurelja, Assistant Executive Director, CSIU
Randy Fox, Center for Safe Schools, Center for Schools and Community
Alice Justice, Retired School Counselor, CSIU Consultant
Anne Katona Linn, Consultant, Katona-Linn Consulting LLC
Cathy Keegan, Superintendent Milton Area School District
Timothy Knoster, Executive Director of the McDowell Institute, Professor Bloomsburg University
Shileste Overton-Morris, Director of the Center for Schools and Community
Carol Paxton, Director of the Center for the Promotion of Social and Emotional Learning
Joanne Troutman, President & CEO of the Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way
Ellen Withrow, Grants, Research, and Development Coordinator, CSIU
Jennifer Williams, Director of Special Education and Early Childhood Services, CSIU