The Community Alignment of Resources Team (CART) works to prevent youth substance use and enhance mental health infrastructures in the school and community. CART uses data-driven planning and partnerships to provide substance prevention curriculum, tools to identify at-risk youth, behavioral assessments, and more.
This is a 5-year grant that will end September 30, 2024.
CART uses a data-driven strategic planning approach through partnerships with valuable stakeholders including schools, law enforcement, and other community stakeholders to provide:
- Substance prevention curriculum in all schools.
- CART: tool to record/track 18 areas of life that can impact a student’s (or family’s) decision making about substances or other critical challenges and offer solutions. Tool is embedded in MTSS/PBIS tiers but can be implemented by any staff for any student/family outside of the tier Click here to access.
- CRAFFT: a screening tool to be used by school nurses for youth-at-risk of using substances and early interventions for the risks.
- Handle With Care: a collaboration between schools and police to protect children and help traumatized children heal and thrive.
- Functional Behavioral Assessments: a process for identifying problem behaviors and developing interventions to improve/eliminate those behaviors.
Grant Staff:
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Mary Burch, RN Office Location: Lloyd High School, Room 41 |
Mary promotes conditions that prevent youth substance use and enhance mental health infrastructures in the school and community.
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Ivy Blanton |
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Ashley Smith |
Ashley conducts evaluations for special education services and consults with teachers on academic, behavioral, and substance prevention interventions for student success.
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Michelle Landenwitch, LPCC, TF-CBT |
Michelle provides counseling/mental health services on a variety of topics including social skills, bullying, mindfulness, organizational strategies, and anxiety, as well as trauma-based therapy in both English and Spanish. Michelle also collaborates with school employees to connect students and families to local resources.