The upcoming end of the school year will also mark the end of the first year of All-In’s partnership with Caliber Beta Academy, a charter school in Richmond that serves kindergarten students through 8th grade. Like most of the schools All-In partners with, Caliber recognized a need to serve students’ social-emotional needs at a higher level and required support. Support came in the form of two clinicians, Alys Larsen and Jennifer Harry, who have done an outstanding job of assessing the school’s current needs, integrating into the Caliber community by building relationships with staff, students and families and serving clients who were not able to receive service the previous year. Both Alys and Jennifer bring a trauma-informed lens to their work and through each collaboration with Caliber staff, they help the Caliber community enhance its understanding of student needs in relation to trauma and effective ways to address them. While the tier 3 interventions represent the majority of their work, Alys and Jennifer envision expanding their reach by providing more trauma-informed trainings to the entire Caliber staff during the upcoming school year. It will be exciting to see how the second year of our partnership unfolds based on foundation Jennifer and Alys have built.
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Mark Thibedeau, Clinical Supervisor
Mark Thibedeau, Clinical Supervisor
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