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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES

Program Background Information

The Behavioral Health Services (BHS) team comprises qualified professionals who provide mental health services to students at the Guam Department of Education (GDOE). District School Psychologists (DSP) are licensed professional counselors under the Guam Board of Allied Health Examiners. School-Based Behavioral Health - Social Workers (SBBH-SW) are licensed social workers under the Guam Board of Social Work. The team is managed by the lead DSP (Clinical Director), DSP, SBBH-SW, and clinical and student interns, who have specialized training to provide school-based behavioral health services and psychological services. The BHS team provides direct support and interventions to students, their families, and school personnel to ensure students succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally.
Purpose: SBBH clinicians help students to create positive relationships with their peers, family, school and community members. They also facilitate the ability of students to build confidence and foster resilience – the ability to bounce back from challenges with a stronger sense of self-confidence and coping capacity – in order for students to grow into healthy and successful contributing members of our island community.
Mission: The middle of the Guam Department of Education CShool-based Behavioral health Services (SBBH) program is to support students’ mental & behavioral health needs to increase their academic success and foster healthy relationships & development.

School Based Behavioral Health Brochure

Behavioral Health Services

Psychological Services

Student Observation
Psychological Evaluation
Psychological Consultation
Professional Development or In-service training
Brief Therapy

(SBBH) Behavioral Health Services

Individual Therapy
Group Therapy
Family Therapy
Clinical Intake Assessment
Provisional Mental Health Diagnosis
Screening
Needs Assessment
Psych-Educational Group
Treatment Planning
Consultation
Home Visits
Intensive Case Management
Brief Tobacco and Nicotine Intervention (BTNI)
Substance Use Intervention (SUI), also known as Minesngon Famagu’on (Resilient Children) Assessment and Treatment
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
Enhancing Your Mental Health State (EYMHS)
Training

Important Source Documents

SOP 1200-019

Behavioral Health Programs

Enhancing Your Mental Health State (EYMHS)

Universal Screening is to identify at-risk students that may have social, emotional and/or mental health disorders to reduce truancy and violence in schools. To help students learn and/ or regain prosocial and social skills.

Tier II Services provided by Social Workers

Psych-Educational Groups
Anger Management
Character Education
Coping Skills
Healthy Relationships, etc.
Intensive Case Management
Referral to agencies

Tier III Services by Licensed Therapists

Individual Therapy
Family Therapy
Group Therapy
Psych-Educational Groups

Substance Use Intervention (SUI), also known as Minesngon Famagu’on (Resilient Children) Assessment and Treatment- program details copied from SPAM

Minesngon Famagu’on (Resilient Children), formally the Substance Use Intervention Program, is offered to GDOE secondary schools. The program provides individual or group therapeutic sessions (if appropriate) to students who score within the moderate or severe range on the S2BI screener. Students may self-refer or be referred to the Minesngon Famagu’on program through Office Discipline Referrals (ODR) or through bypassing the Child Study Team (CST) Process.
The Minesngon Famagu’on program utilizes components of evidence-based best practices including, but not limited to, the Hazelden’s Matrix Model for Teens and Young Adults. This evidence-based curriculum provides quality information and therapeutic support to students – including education, intervention, treatment, recovery, personal growth, early recovery skills, and relapse prevention.

Minensngon Famagu'on (Resilient Children Program) Brochure

Mental Health Screeners: