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Category: Mental & Behavioral Health

Building Bridges for Student Success: BIST Program Uplifts Struggling Middle School Student

Building Bridges for Student Success: BIST Program Uplifts Struggling Middle School Student

Learn how a dedicated school counselor, an assistant principal, and a supportive team joined forces with their BIST Consultant to implement the model and foster trust, skill-building, and, ultimately, success for one Hocker Grove Middle School student.

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National Child Abuse Prevention Month: Planting Seeds to Reduce Child Abuse One Family at a Time

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: Planting Seeds to Reduce Child Abuse One Family at a Time

Child abuse is a topic that most people avoid, but the dedicated specialists who work in Intensive In-Home and Intensive Family Reunification services (IIS/IFRS) run towards it. In this guest blog, Lead IIS/IFRS Specialist, Alyshia Wayland, breaks down five common reasons why child abuse occurs, and how her team uses education, a trusting relationship – and a little humor – to get families back on the right track.

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Family Preservation Services Helps Stabilize Single Parent Family

Family Preservation Services Helps Stabilize Single Parent Family

Megan Pelton, a Tier 2 Family Preservation Case Manager, had been providing services for *Erin Warren and her three children for three months when she received a phone call that no case manager ever wants to receive.

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For Ozanam Eagles, Basketball Gives a Sense of Purpose

For Ozanam Eagles, Basketball Gives a Sense of Purpose

The eighth-seeded Ozanam Eagles boys’ basketball team played its opening round of the Great Plains Athletic Conference tournament on February 20, facing the top-seeded Independence Home School Lions.

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Getting Real About Workplace Boundaries: A Three-Part Series

Getting Real About Workplace Boundaries: A Three-Part Series

Part 3 - Boundaries with Remote Teams | If you’ve ever seen an episode of The Office, you’ll recognize what can happen when coworkers have poor boundaries with one another – office romances, secrets and scandals, and lots of interpersonal drama. While it may be entertaining on the television screen, it’s clear that a work environment like the one depicted in The Office is problematic at best.

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