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Access resources on school mental health professionals:
Enhancing Collaboration With Key Community Partners to Support Emergency PlanningThe Role of School Mental Health Professionals in Supporting School Safety Efforts
Presenters
- Denise Riemer, LCSW, Mental Health Services Coordinator, Mobile County Public Schools
- Janelle Hughes, Project Director, REMS TA Center
Webinar
Details
The REMS TA Center hosted a Webinar to highlight the role of mental health
professionals in supporting school safety efforts within their school
communities. During this Webinar, presenters demonstrated the importance of
developing a collaborative planning team to support emergency
operations plan (EOP) development, as outlined in Step 1 of the six-step
planning process detailed in the
Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans.
Presenters discussed the role that school mental health professionals — including mental health coordinators, counselors, and others — play in implementing the National Preparedness System mission areas before, during, and after a potential emergency. Presenters shared resources to strengthen mental health professionals’ efforts around climate assessment, behavioral threat assessment, continuity of teaching and learning, and overall plan development.
Presenters for this Webinar were Denise Riemer, LCSW, Mental Health Services
Coordinator at Mobile County Public Schools and Janelle Hughes, Project
Director at the REMS TA Center. The presentation
concluded with a question-and-answer session.
The U.S. Department of Education and its REMS TA
Center hosted this Webinar to provide K-12 schools, school
districts, regional education agencies, and state education
agencies, along with their community partners, with information
on how to collaborate with mental health professionals
on emergency management planning. While the live Webinar
offered opportunities to respond to individual and unique
questions from stakeholders and practitioners, the archived Webinar
serves as a resource to help education agencies collaborate with mental
health professionals on safety, security, emergency
management, and preparedness activities.