• STARR School Psychologist / Lead Counselor

    lcoreas@mtsd.us

    (609) 466-7603 ext. 4308

    starr

    STARR (Shifting Through Awareness, Regulation, and Relationships) is a Tier III Integrated Mental Health Support Program that provides education, assessment, and intervention to students who require a higher level of support and service.  The STARR Program incorporates mental health services into the school community and works hand in hand with our students, families, and staff to support our students as they develop the skills they need to fulfill their futures. Services provided through STARR emphasize self-awareness and relationship-building as a means of increasing resilience. 

    The UMS STARR program:

    • Creates a tiered program of support that includes individualized treatment plans outlining the frequency of support, goals for counseling, methods of communication, and primary stakeholders for each student
    • Provides regular individual counseling and/or group counseling for students identified as needing a higher level of support during the school day to facilitate accessing an education
    • Includes an opportunity for daily check-ins for students identified as needing that level of support
    • Creates a mental health team for each identified student that is inclusive of family supports, members of the educational community, outside agencies/mental health professionals (when applicable), and building administration
    • Allows for the fluidity necessary to provide a period of intensive support for a student who is re-entering from hospitalization or out-of-district placement
    • Provides relevant professional development, education, and consultation for our school community
    • Enables the clinicians working with identified students to act as liaisons between outside agencies and the school to provide a single and streamlined touch point for information to travel
    • Enables clinicians to work towards comprehensive crisis response in the areas of screenings and re-entries, data collection, and comprehensive mental health depression screenings