I am so excited to share that our new Berkeley School Medi-Cal Therapy Program is up and running. We hit the ground running with a fantastic team that provides thoughtful therapeutic services to kids and families at 5 different school sites. We provide services at Longfellow Middle School, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, Willard Middle School, Sylvia Mendez Elementary, and Berkeley Technology Academy. Each site is unique and special in its own way with at least 1 therapist assigned to each site. Our team is dynamic, kind, thoughtful, invested in the well-being of the program, the students, families, school partners and each other.
As the new school year began back in August, we started with zero clients and through collaboration with each school’s administration team to develop referral pocesses, we are now proudly serving 30+ students and running 3 groups, with more plans of expansion in the coming months. We have principals hugging us at the end of meetings and thanking us for our partnership, BUSD district partners emailing appreciation for our presence at their school sites, and most importantly students who are dropping by the therapist’s office to seek out support from them and families asking for us to work with them. We started this program less than 4 months ago and already have made a positive presence, thanks to the care and commitment of each person on our team making that effort and impact. We like to say that we are “small BUT mighty!”
As part of our commitment to building a strong and connected community with each other, we have scheduled team outings, including an initial FUN DAY to kick off the school season. We went Axe Throwing in Berkeley (not all team members are in the photo, some joined later in the school year). This team has come together to not only provide such important quality care and collaborative partnerships, but also care in building connection with each other and having fun along the way. As they say, “Team work, makes the dream work,” and this team is proof of that motto.
As the new school year began back in August, we started with zero clients and through collaboration with each school’s administration team to develop referral pocesses, we are now proudly serving 30+ students and running 3 groups, with more plans of expansion in the coming months. We have principals hugging us at the end of meetings and thanking us for our partnership, BUSD district partners emailing appreciation for our presence at their school sites, and most importantly students who are dropping by the therapist’s office to seek out support from them and families asking for us to work with them. We started this program less than 4 months ago and already have made a positive presence, thanks to the care and commitment of each person on our team making that effort and impact. We like to say that we are “small BUT mighty!”
As part of our commitment to building a strong and connected community with each other, we have scheduled team outings, including an initial FUN DAY to kick off the school season. We went Axe Throwing in Berkeley (not all team members are in the photo, some joined later in the school year). This team has come together to not only provide such important quality care and collaborative partnerships, but also care in building connection with each other and having fun along the way. As they say, “Team work, makes the dream work,” and this team is proof of that motto.
Blog By: Eidit Choochage, Director of School Partnerships
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