By Mdlogix, July 2020
Solano County Office of Education (SCOE) works hard to maximize behavioral health support to students in the county’s six independent school districts. Through a partnership with the county’s behavioral health department – which has been continuously expanded and strengthened over the past 11 years – SCOE has been able to support a variety of suicide prevention, mental health, and social emotional learning programs in school-based settings. Part of these initiatives include the implementation of BH-Works, a web-based software program that provides tools for screening, triage, care management, and real-time analytics.
At SCOE, clinicians leverage the platform for a variety of programs and tasks, most of which begin with students completing a comprehensive behavioral health assessment. Using a tablet or mobile device, students answer questions about depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, eating behaviors, bullying, abuse, suicidal ideation, gun access, and other risk factors. Responses are automatically scored, summarized, and ready for review by qualified staff. SCOE is currently using the platform to manage the behavioral health issues of students at the county’s community school sites, where students face higher risk for emotional problems, suicide ideation, and substance use issues.
Meredith Webb, Clinical Services Supervisor at SCOE, oversaw the implementation of BH-Works at the agency and has been working to configure the platform for SCOE’s growing needs. For example, to make sure vulnerable students continue to receive vital support during the COVID-19 pandemic, Webb and her team quickly leveraged telehealth features in BH-Works to enable remote screening, electronic consents, and virtual visits.
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