It has been a month since Hamilton County School ended almost 10 years of partnership with center Stone, a mental health service provider. This decision caused the public’s criticism and continuous debate.
At the press conference, the center Stone officials opposed their “ridiculous and ridiculous” claims. Daniel Mansfield, vice president of the region, said the organization wants to correct the record.
“It is important to solve all wrong information, rumors, and guesses by providing the facts and reasoning of Hamilton County’s school -based behavioral health care in Tennessee,” Mansfield said.
Among the members of the committee committee members, Mansfield directly refuted the idea that Central excludes parents from child’s mental health care.
“Some individuals in Hamilton County have publicly stated that the center stone does not participate in the parents’ school -based behavioral health services, and this statement is not true,” he said.
He said, “We believe that parents and guardians are the core in the process of providing mental health care to students. Written parent consent is an essential first stage. In addition, parents and guardians review, discuss and sign written treatment plans to guarantee complete transparency and center -stone provider.”
Mansfield also advocated the hiring process of the service provider, saying that all therapists were highly qualified and judged.
“All the therapists at the center stone school were educated, thoroughly investigated, and even collected fingerprints at the request of the school system,” he said. “If a educational partner wants to do more work to evaluate or select the CEENTERSTONE team, you can accommodate such a request.”
Some members of the board expressed concern about the LGBTQ community related to the CEENTERSTONE website.
Mansfield said about this content: “Some of our website contents are connected to the past subsidy support program operated by the guidelines of the drug abuse mental health Service Administration (SAHSA) … The specific program may have been terminated, but the page may be displayed through the search engine, cached results, or external links. We also actively review and update the website to reflect all the materials, and the mission of the center of the community of the community will help to quickly identify and remove the contents.
Last week, the DOE announced a proposal request to find a new mental health service provider. Mansfield says the center stone plans to support it, even though the board of directors ended their relationship.
“We are pleased to test our qualifications and competencies through the RFP or RFQ process,” he said.
The RFP requires that the treatment session will open outside of class. According to Mansfield’s guidelines, the program is already being followed without interfering with the students’ learning.
“According to the data, students who receive school -based treatment have higher attendance, higher test scores, and social skills,” he said.
Ben Connor, a committee member of the 6th District Education Committee, plans to restore CEENTERSTONE at the board of directors. This attempt was presented at the last meeting of the board of directors in September.
Until then, the providers continue to provide services to Hamilton County students through local offices and virtual sessions.
