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all about KidS from page 7 Palm Beach Pediatrics; Palm Beach Pediatric Society; and
Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley.
to school mental health as a recipient of services. When in CFCC’s Fighting ACEs initiative to build trauma-
high school, the school social worker, Mr. C, invited him informed communities is made possible with the generous
to join a “divorce group.” This group helped Bernstein support of Quantum Foundation, Community Foundation
gain the support of his peers, learn coping skills, and for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, and private donors.
build resiliency. He then took a peer support class and by CFCC’s pediatric integration program is made possible
senior year was leading a class for the younger classmen thanks to the support of Quantum Foundation, The
and giving back. Frederick DeLuca Foundation, and Palm Beach County
“He [Mr. C] really set me on this path of who I am today Community Services Department.
… it really made me into an advocate to really eliminate Part 3 of the Lead the Fight 2024 series, Positivity Will
barriers to access school mental health services for youth Give HOPE for Our Future, will take place on December
and their families … I’m totally committed to supporting 4. The event focus will be on understanding the effect of
the mental health of our children and the support of our Jessica Cecere, Heather Bennett positive childhood experiences on countering the long-
families and hope that you will be superheroes also in this term possible effect of adverse childhood experiences.
fight,” advocated Bernstein. Partnership sponsors who are leading the fight in For more information about Center for Child
Dr. Mucenic re-stressed the importance of students and making these important and necessary conversations Counseling visit www.centerforchildcounseling.
families being able to access mental health supports in possible include: BeWellPBC; Children’s Services org, Twitter: @ChildCounselPBC, Facebook: @
schools and gave a detailed overview of the services that Council of Palm Beach County; Florida Association for CenterforChildCounseling, Instagram: @childcounselpbc.
are provided in the 179 schools that make up the Palm Infant Mental Health; Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital; Photos by Tracey Benson Photography
Beach County School District. Hanley Foundation; Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
As part of the school district’s strategic plan, they are Coalition of Palm Beach County; Mead Johnson Nutrition; All About Kids on page 9
measuring and following objectives to support mental
health and well-being, including enhancing a sense of
belonging, safety, and acceptance for all students; and
trauma-informed care and practices.
The schools recognize the importance of destigmatizing
mental health services and share the message throughout
their campuses that, “It’s okay to be okay. It’s okay to not
be okay. It’s okay to ask for help.”
Mucenic emphasized, “We have people on every school
campus to support mental health. It’s really important.”
Each school’s mental health team includes: school
counselor(s), ESOL school coordinator, school
psychologist(s), school behavioral health professional, How much
co-located mental health professional (at 115 of the
schools), and SBT/CST leader. There are also supports
provided at the district level, such as the CAPE Team,
Mobile Response Team, and community-based agencies
with whom the district partners.
Center for Child Counseling CEO Renée Layman gave risk is too
a brief overview of the agency’s public health framework
and their data-to-action approach of prevention, early
intervention, and treatment. The center realizes that
children don’t necessarily need treatment only, the
caregivers need ways to help their own kids.
“We have focused largely on building the capacity much risk?
of people who work and live with kids to promote their
well-being and resilience,” said Layman.
Dominika Nolan, director of education and prevention
services for CFCC gave an overview of all of the services
offered to children, families, schools, and communities in
order to build the capacity and promote positive mental Burns Wealth Management Group
health for all.
In the closing remarks for the evening, Dr. Fox-Levine
encouraged all attendees to think about, “How can you take
action now and step out of this room tonight and into your
day tomorrow and be a superhero, even more than what
you have been in the past, with the information and energy
from tonight about the exciting things that are happening Robert Burns
with our schools and being able to partner with schools?” CFP , ChFC , CPWA ®
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ACEs to build awareness and action to mitigate the impact Managing Director
of ACEs and build well-being through positive childhood Wealth Partner, Portfolio Manager
experiences (PCEs). In conjunction with Leadership Palm 3825 PGA Blvd, Floor 9,
Beach County Class of 2017, the center developed “Lead Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410
the Fight” in 2016 to bring awareness to system leaders
around fighting childhood adversity with advocacy and 561.694.5666
action. Since that time, the agency has educated tens of robert.m.burns@jpmorgan.com
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