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Educational Service Unit 13

Psychological and Behavioral Health

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What We Do

AWARE

"Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education" through School - Behavior Health Partnerships

Nebraska's AWARE-SEA Project is being jointly undertaken by the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) and Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services - Division of Behavioral Health (DHHS-DBH) to build and enhance partnerships and collaboration between state and local systems to improve school-based behavioral health services.  Funded by a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), this project focuses on promoting the healthy development of students in rural areas through:

  • Positive, supportive and trauma-informed learning environments;
  • Skills fostering resilience and pro-social behavior;
  • School-based mental health services;
  • Identification, immediate response and appropriate clinical interventions; and 
  • Identification and intervention in bullying, aggression and violent behaviors that may contribute to school violence.
 
Behavior/Mental Health Programs
 
 

Ecological In Home Family Treatment

 
 

High Plains internship Program

 

 
Hope Squad
The Hope Squad program is a school-based peer support team that partners with local mental health agencies. Peers select students who are trustworthy and caring individuals to join the Hope Squad. Squad members are trained to watch for at-risk students, provide friendship, identify suicide-warning signs, and seek help from adults.

HOPE Squad members are NOT taught to act as counselors, but are educated on recognizing suicide warning signs and how to properly and respectfully report concerns to an adult. Once invited to be a HOPE Squad member, students must get a permission form signed by their parents and go through training.

Therapeutic Consultation

 

 

Title IVA Consortium