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| NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER'S PROGRAM WITH UNIONDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT RANKED 7TH IN THE NATION
Roslyn Heights NY -- North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Long Island's leading specialty children's mental health center, provides mental health case management services to at risk youth between the ages of 8 and 13 years, through a partnership which began in 2005 between the Uniondale School District and the Guidance Center. Called the Uniondale Safe Schools Healthy Students Program, the program is made possible by a six million dollar federal grant. The Guidance Center co-wrote the grant proposal and its role is to provide the mental health component for the program uses an evidence-based model developed by Columbia University. The Guidance Center provides case management services to youth identified as being at risk for academic failure; substance use and abuse; gang involvement; and other anti-social behaviors. The Guidance Center is responsible for caring for the social and emotional needs of these identified children, even providing early childhood intervention as well as support for students who are transitioning from the alternative school back to Uniondale High School. The agency currently has seven full time psychiatric social workers on staff to provide services in each of the elementary, middle, high, and alternative schools. Federal project managers in Washington, DC provide oversight for the implementation of the grant and they recently evaluated the program, with the mental health component being the largest and most comprehensive portion of the grant. They ranked the Uniondale Safe Schools Healthy Students Program 7th in the nation. Because of this extraordinarily high ranking, the Guidance Center was recently invited to participate in an intensive focus group in Washington, DC where staff would share with federal evaluators how the Guidance Center was able to develop a strong and effective partnership between a mental health agency and a school district. The Uniondale School District recognized the accomplishments of this program by presenting the Guidance Center with an award for making the program a great success.For more information on the programs and services of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, contact Amy Gordon, Director of Development, at 9516) 626-1971 Ext. 320 |
| July 14 , 2008 Jonathan Krevat Memorial Golf Classic Location:
Engineers Country Club, Roslyn Harbor Gillis
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more information, please contact Nicole Oberheim at (516) 626-1971 x-337 or email
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Today GASAK continues this mission and expands it through their monthly meeting where grandparents attend lectures on autism, other topics related to children with disabilities, health related issues, and important research. These grandparents also use these meetings to network and share information on services and issues critical to families impacted by autism. They receive mutual support for the challenging issues that they and their families face. Meetings are hosted in Nassau County by North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center at its Roslyn Heights headquarters and in Suffolk County by The Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities in Port Jefferson Station. Many GASAK members participate in activities such as walks to raise much-needed funds for research; traveling to the State Capital in Albany to lobby for the rights of autistic children for special services; and to participate in an annual informational legislative breakfast. For more information on GASAK, please call Margo Messina, LCSW at (516) 626-1971 ext. 370.
Meeting
Schedule January
31 |
