JWS Behavioral Health Team Information
James Ward BHT
- Our BHT Members:
- BHT Lead- Ms. Czochara- School Counselor, LCPC
- Ms.Huang - School Psychologist
- Ms.He - School Social Worker
- Ms.Liang - Health Service Nurse
- Ms.Healy- Case Manager
- Ms. Richmond - OST Lead
What is a BHT?
The Behavioral Health Team (BHT) is a multi-disciplinary team of school and community-based professionals who engage in collaborative problem solving to support students with social, emotional and behavioral concerns.
Benefits of Behavioral Health Teams
- Build a Tier II/III teaming structure through a multi-tiered systems of support model (MTSS) to initiate the problem-solving process for students with social, emotional, and behavioral concerns
- Build on capacity and address needs of the individual school
- Engage in collaborative problem solving process with multi-disciplinary team of school and community-based professionals
- Screen students’ for social and emotional strengths and needs through standardized screening tools and match to an appropriate intervention(s)
Benefits of Behavioral Health Teams
- Provides evidence-based interventions that address students’ social, emotional, and behavioral needs.
- Collect, interpret, and report on social, emotional and behavioral data to improve quality of services and engage in continual progress monitoring to evaluate effectiveness of interventions.
- Establish partnerships with community mental health and/or restorative practice coaches to support in the promotion of SEL and/or mental health delivery.
- Develops a system of accountability to ensure follow-through with service delivery.
- Builds on and maximizes existing resources.
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Community Social-Emotional Support Providers
Midwest Asian Health Association (MAHA)
Contact: Melissa Wee
Address: 230 W. Cermak Rd. 2nd Fl., Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 225-8659 (English)
(312) 225-6806 (Chinese)
Email: info@maha-us.org
Restoration Center Chicago
Contact: Dr.Francis Tung and Associates
Address: 1200 W. 35th Street, Suite 5B220, Chicago, IL 60609
Phone: (872) 401-6041
Email: [email protected]