Joplin, MO: District expands "behavioral health treatment" to all their campuses

Aug 28, 2018, KZRG, Joplin, MO: Joplin Schools Bringing More Mental Health Services to the District https://newstalkkzrg.com/2018/08/28/joplin-schools-bringing-more-mental-health-services-to-the-district/ A memorandum of understanding has been reached between the Ozark Center and Joplin Schools to expand the availability and accessibility of behavioral health treatment services to students on campuses around town. There is potential for Ozark Center to work in the high school, the three middle schools, all eleven elementary schools and the preschool. Executive Director of Student Services, Sandra Cantwell, says they will also partner with Missouri Southern with five bachelor level social workers in elementary schools, UMKC for a graduate-level social worker at one middle school, and a graduate-level social worker from the University of Arkansas that is stationed at the high school. …