We’d like to highlight our San Lorenzo Outpatient ERMHS program!
The Mosaic Program has partnerships with school districts all over the East Bay (Alameda County), one of those partnerships is with San Lorenzo Unified and their Special Services Department. The program offers therapeutic services to San Lorenzo students in special education that have an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) and could benefit from Educationally Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS). Our outpatient ERMHS services are a Tier 3 service that offer individual therapy, psychosocial rehabilitation and collaboration with students’ IEP team regardless of their health insurance. We support students’ social-emotional needs and assist with any barriers that may be preventing them from accessing their education. Our services help students improve their academics, behavior, and overall well-being. Since this is a service that is integrated into the IEP, the ERMHS referral is initiated by the IEP team, goes to the district’s school psychologist, then to our program team.
Our San Lorenzo Outpatient ERMHS team consists of four clinicians: Karla Arredondo, ASW; Ashley Longares, AMFT; Patricia Prieto, AMFT; and Lexy Abreu, ASW. Our clinical team provides therapy services to students in elementary, middle and high school, holding cases at a total of eighteen school sites, every school in the district! Our four clinicians have training and experience in supporting youth of all ages, working in diverse communities, as well as public and non-public school settings in neighboring school districts. We are dedicated to supporting students with meeting their social, emotional, and academic goals as well as enhancing students’ well-being. The team is excited for the start of the 2024-25 school year to continue to build school community and help provide equity for San Lorenzo students’ education!