Licensed Service Provider Key
Licensed School Counselor (LSC) possess a CDE Special Service Provider License. LSCs are Master’s level trained and licensed educators equipped with the skills, knowledge, and expertise to support and develop students’ academic, career, and social/emotional development. LSCs can provide mental health services within a school-based mental health program or as a related service within a student’s IEP. Equity Associates LSCs possess specialized knowledge of students with disabilities and comprehensive school-based mental health services.
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) LPCs are Master’s level trained and licensed counselors. An LPC is a licensed professional counselor focusing on behavioral, emotional, and mental health issues. LPCs provide mental health services within a school-based mental health program or as a related service within a student’s IEP. Equity Associates LPCs possess specialized knowledge of students with disabilities and comprehensive school-based mental health services.
- Licensed School Social Worker (LSSW) possess a CDE Special Service Provider License. LSSW’s are Master’s level trained and licensed educators equipped with the skills, knowledge, and expertise to support and develop students’ academic, career, and social/emotional development. LSSWs can provide mental health services within a school-based mental health program or as a related service within a student’s IEP. Equity Associates LSSWs possess specialized knowledge of students with disabilities and comprehensive school-based mental health services.
Equity Associates will work with your existing MTSS team, school-based mental health practitioner team and community agency resources to expand mental health services within your school.
Equity Associates telemental health model will connect your school with the resources needed to augment gaps in services along the continuum of school-based mental health by providing targeted mental health intervention.
Equity Associates will first work with your existing school-based mental health practitioner team or MTSS team to implement equitable processes for universal screening, mental health referrals or other team-based processes for the identification of students experiencing mild distress or mental health impairment, or who are at increased risk based on circumstance (Tier 2) and for the identification of students who are already experiencing significant distress and or chronic impaired functioning (Tier 3).
All Equity Associates interventions provided by the network of specialized practitioners will be tailored specifically for your school’s needs and developed with the following core philosophies in mind: culturally responsive practices, strength-based and person-centered approaches, cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavioral theories, trauma-informed care models, substance abuse treatment theories, brain development, emotion regulation and mindfulness strategies, and change theories.
As Equity Associates work with your MTSS Team, we will provide your school with baseline data, progress monitoring data, and summative data to demonstrate efficacy of the remote services and the growth and efficacy of the school-based mental health system based on a data cycle that is customized for your school’s MTSS needs.
Remote Tier 2 and Tier 3 mental health service integration is conducted in accordance with HIPPA and FERPA compliance guidelines and delivered by licensed mental health providers. Online platforms normalize therapeutic intervention while promoting anonymity.
In order to augment staffing gaps and free up time for your school-based mental health team, Equity Associates will directly provide customized tier 2 and tier 3 mental health services to your school through our highly qualified and specialized national network of online counselors. Integration of services will be based on a customized schedule best fitting the needs of your school and students. Some examples of such services include small group interventions for students with similar needs, evidence-based brief individualized counseling interventions (Tier 2), individual or small group therapeutic intervention (Tier 3).
In order to participate in partnership, schools must assign a school-based employee as the Equity Associates liaison who will be the point of contact for Equity Associates, help to schedule interventions, assure technology with webcam capacity and wifi are available for students and will participate as a member of the schools’ collaborative care team facilitated by Equity Associates and providers.
Universal Student Mental Health Screening & Planning
with LSC/LPC/LSSW
Screening offers the implementation and application of an evidence-based assessment tool used to determine early intervention and tiers one, two and three supports.
School-based Mental Health Diagnostic Assessment and Systems Planning
with LSC/LPC/LSSW
This Nationally Recognized School-Based Mental Health Assessment will provide your school with a detailed analysis of where your school is along the continuum of school-based mental health programming and will guide the strategic plan to increase the quality and sustainability of the comprehensive school mental health system.
Mental Health Promotion Services and Supports
with LSC/LPC/LSSW
Mental health-related activities, including promotion of positive social, emotional, and behavioral skills and wellness which are designed to meet the needs of all students regardless of whether they are at risk for mental health problems. Examples include social emotional learning, school-wide positive behavior supports, and mental health literacy****
Selective Services and Supports (Tier 2)
with LSC/LPC/LSSW
Supports to address mental health concerns are provided for groups of students who have been identified through needs assessments and school teaming processes as being at risk for a given concern or problem.****
Small Group Counseling or Psycho-social Educational Groups (Tier 2)
with LSC/LPC/LSSW
LSCs or LPCs provide counseling sessions in small-group settings that help students overcome issues impeding achievement or social/emotional success. Counseling groups are purposefully planned, goal-focused, evidenced-based, and short-termed in nature**
Indicated Services and Supports (Tier 3)
with LSC/LPC/LSSW
Supports to address mental health concerns are individualized to meet the unique needs of each student who is already displaying a particular concern or problem and displaying significant functional impairment.****
MTSS Team Consultation
with LSC/LPC/LSSW
LSCs and LPCs will participate as an MTSS team member based on services provided within Tier 2 and Tier 3.
Collaborative Care System
with LSC/LPC/LSSW
Equity Associates Collaborative Care System will provide your school with baseline data, progress monitoring data, and summative data to demonstrate efficacy of the remote services and the growth and efficacy of the school-based mental health system based on a data cycle that is customized for your school’s needs.
School-Based Mental Health Consultation Services & Professional Development Services
with Program Director
Consultation and professional development might include the following:
- Assessments for individual classrooms/students as appropriate within a comprehensive school-based mental health program.
- Design and delivery of training programs and workshops for educators and other interdisciplinary professionals working within the school-based health system.
