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Mental Health & Resiliency Resources

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 Mental Health & Resiliency 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 Mental Health & Resiliency 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:

Mental Health Advocacy Flyer, PAIU

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

MH&R COMMITTEE CORE TEAM MEMBERS

  • 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
  • Bernadette Boerckel, Chief Outreach Officer, CSIU
  • William Brecker, CASSP Coordinator, Northumberland Behavioral Health
  • Pete Cheddar, Superintendent, Mount Carmel Area School District
  • Rae Ann Crispell, Administrative Support Director, CSIU
  • Sarah Dobeck, Youth Community Coordinator, SUVW
  • Danielle Empson, Director of School-based Behavioral Health, McDowell Institute
  • Dr. Sam Faulkner, Geisinger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
  • Catherine Girton, Director of Student Services and School Safety and Security Coordinator, Milton Area School District
  • Kaitlyn Hall, Director of Early Childhood Education, CSIU
  • Frank Jankowski, Superintendent, Selinsgrove Area School District
  • Jennifer Jones, CASSP Coordinator, CMSU Counties 
  • Alice Justice, School Counselor (Retired), Consultant, CSIU 
  • Anne Katona-Linn, Katona Linn Consulting, LLC
  • Tim Knoster, Executive Director of the McDowell Institute
  • Wendy Kupsky, Superintendent, Berwick Area School District
  • Terri Locke, Director of Special Education and Alternative Placement, CSIU
  • Adrienne Mael, CEO GSV Columbia & Montour United Ways
  • Ryan McNally, Director, Miller Center & Community Health Initiatives at Evangelical Community Hospital
  • Rebecca Perruquet, Warrior Run Community Schools Coordinator
  • Mallory Weymer, Grants, Research, and Development Coordinator, CSIU
  • Alison Wilson, Drug and Alcohol Prevention Supervisor, CMSU
  • Julie Petrin, Director of Behavioral Health Support Services, CSIU
  • Erin Demcher, Behavioral Health Support Services Project Coordinator, CSIU