Accessing Mental Health Services in Both Public and Private Schools

This talk will cover:

• the importance of mental health services in schools,
• reasons why children might need school-basedmental health services ,
• how parents and teachers can recognize when a child needs help, and
• ways to advocate for your child and how to access services. 

The 3 speakers for this talk are: 

Angel Caraballo, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center Director, School-Based Mental Health Program (SBMHP)

Morgan Stanley's Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian

Krista Gwon, PhD Instructor in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University Medical Center

Staff Psychologist, SBMHP at MS-CHONY

Kristin Carothers, PhD Instructor in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University Medical Center

Staff Psychologist, SBMHP at MS-CHONY

To find out more information about this program, please go to 

http://childrensnyp.org/mschony/school-based-program.html

To contact Dr. Angel Caraballo, go to his website www.drangelcaraballo.com

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