Strategies to Support School-Based Youth Behavioral Health

POSTPONED

Description:

This webinar, featuring a panel of subject-matter experts and staff from two school-based health centers (SBHCs), will introduce evidence-based practices and models for delivering integrated school-based behavioral health care to youth. Presenters will identify resources to navigate patient confidentiality in the SBHC setting and discuss staffing considerations to support mental health and substance use counseling and referrals. Join us for real-world insights on integrated behavioral health care implementation in school-based settings.

Earn 1 Behavioral Health continuing education credit (CEUs) for attending this webinar.

Objectives:

Participants in this webinar will be able to:

  • Identify strategies for maintaining behavioral health confidentiality when referring and delivering behavioral or substance use counseling in a school setting.
  • Discuss staffing models to deliver integrated behavioral health care in school-based settings.

Presenters:

Mary Crang, DNP, EdS, APRN-FNP-PMH-BC, is Associate Medical Director for Integrative Behavioral Health Services at Ginn Group. Dr. Crang has practiced in a variety of care settings, including school-based health centers, commercial walk-in clinics, an academic health center and inpatient trauma care, and consulting. Dr. Crang also serves at the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Population Health Nursing Science. In this position, she collaborates with the Illinois Health and Family Services Bureau of Behavioral Health to care for Illinois children with mental illnesses under the age of 21 who reside in residential settings.

Andrew Gluck, MBA, is Vice President of Development and Performance Improvement at Ginn Group Collaborative. Mr. Gluck pioneered the application of expected value return on investment (EV-ROI) in the health care field. He has served as a consultant to school-based health clinics in Louisiana, Indiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Oregon to change the conversation from the simple provision of service to the economic benefits of short- and long-term health outcomes. 

Chad Thomas, MA, NBCT, started his teaching career at an alternative school for teens in the juvenile justice system in Indiana and was awarded the Walmart Teacher of the Year Award in 2001. After moving to Chicago, he became a nationally board certified English and reading teacher and one of the founding educators at Talent Development Charter High School in the West Garfield neighborhood. Chad became principal at Sullivan High School in Rogers Park in July 2013 when its existing school health clinic had just closed. Chad and the Ginn Group Collaborative worked together to re-open the clinic that fall. He is now the director of school leader engagement at Chicago Public Schools.