In November 2008,
St. Louis County voters passed a 1/4 cent sales tax measure, also known as
Proposition 1 and Putting Kids First, which created a community children's
service fund to provide mental health and substance abuse services for
children and youth ages nineteen and under in St. Louis County.
Services areas
include resources for temporary shelters, transitional living, unwed and
teenage parents, respite care, crisis intervention, school based prevention,
home and community based interventions, individual, group, and family
counseling, outpatient substance abuse treatment, and outpatient psychiatric
care.
Old Bonhomme
Elementary utilizes several of the school based prevention programs.
- · CHADS Coalition for Mental Health provides us with the training and materials we need to implement the Olweus Bully Prevention Program and provide mentors to our students with consent.
- · The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (NCADA) has trained facilitators teaching our students about being a good friend and being responsible for themselves. They have also trained our Ladue Explorer mentors for the last three years.
- · Jewish Family and Children Services (JFCS) provide our building with a licensed professional counselor who delivers individual and group counseling services to our students with consent.
Many of our Old
Bonhomme families have used individual services provided by the St. Louis
Children’s Service Fund. Whether it is
psychological and academic testing at Community Psychological Services or
family counseling through Epworth Children and Family Center there is something
for everyone. You can learn more about the sixty-seven agencies and services
they provide by visiting http://www.keepingkidsfirst.org.
Please let me know
if there is anything I can do to help you connect with one of the agencies. You can reach me at 314-983-5546 or harnold@ladueschools.net.
