by Casey Lozier | Jun 27, 2024 | Education, Trauma-Informed Care, Youth Support
Jessica Hall’s journey as a teacher at the Gillis Campus Day Treatment School all started with her love of basketball. The year was 2004, and Jessica was planning to pursue a coaching career following a successful run playing collegiate division I basketball at Texas...
by Casey Lozier | May 17, 2024 | Education
In the months before Theresa Nolan, IIS/IFRS Specialist, decided to pursue her master’s in clinical therapy, she was going through a difficult divorce. Fortunately, one of her team members, Shelby Jennings, was one year ahead in the same program and helped convince...
by Casey Lozier | May 3, 2024 | Education
Guest Blog by Nick Oddo, BIST Manager Prior to joining Cornerstones of Care as a BIST Consultant, I had the tremendous honor of spending eight years as a classroom teacher. To put it simply, I loved every moment of it. My dream of pursuing a career in education was...
by Casey Lozier | Apr 11, 2024 | Community Trainings, Education
When Melinda Brents first met *Mark, a seventh grader at Hocker Grove Middle School, he was running down the hallway screaming. Not only was it his first day at a new school, but Mark was also adjusting to a new living situation at home after moving in with his great...
by Megan Diaz | Feb 27, 2024 | Advocacy, Education, Foster Care & Adoption, Mental & Behavioral Health, Youth Support
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. A significant number of personnel changes throughout the season had...
by Casey Lozier | Feb 9, 2024 | Education, Trauma-Informed Care, Youth Support
From fighting dragons at Sandbox Virtual Reality to catching foul balls at a Kansas City Monarch’s baseball game, the youth in Cornerstones of Care’s on-campus living programs enjoyed a wide variety of field trip adventures in 2023. Participants included 42 youth in...
