Services for students in schools
The REST Program is a Journey Mental Health Center school-based program for youth in and around the Madison area.
We collaborate with schools and local mental health agencies to build resiliency and promote recovery for youth impacted by stress and trauma. The program identifies students needing mental health support using standardized measures and one-to-one student consultations, connects them to appropriate school or community-based intervention(s), and increases schools’ capacities to support students impacted by stress and trauma.
The REST Program offers two group interventions. First, students affected by traumatic stress are invited to participate in a Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) group. This evidence-based curriculum has both group and individual components that occur weekly for 10 weeks. Through an equity-centered and resiliency-focused approach, CBITS aims to increase coping skills and reduce symptoms of Traumatic stress for students in middle and high school. Second, The REST Program launched the HEART intervention pilot in 2022-23 school year for students impacted by racial trauma. This group is an affinity space for students with self-reported symptoms of traumatic stress caused by repeated acts of racism and discrimination. The 10-week group offers a space for students to learn about racial trauma, develop coping skills and build a community for support and action.
Since its launch in 2003, CBITS group outcomes have been shown to reduce traumatic stress symptoms for children in participating schools. The REST Program is funded by the United Way of Dane County, Cigna and partnering school districts.
Behavioral Health in Schools is Journey’s newest program for students. The purpose of BHS is to improve the well-being of students with mental health concerns and a barrier to accessing services for their mental health outside of school. BHS helps students achieve psychosocial well-being, maximize their potential to engage in their education, and grow academically to attain educational and life success. This is achieved through direct treatment services, consultation, and professional development. Journey is committed to supporting schools for all students and staff and providing an integrated responsive health system.
Journey is currently partnering with the Sun Prairie Area School District to nurture a culturally responsive, trauma-informed, strengths-based, school-linked system of mental health practices and supports. Research shows that children are academically successful when their social-emotional needs are met. One in five children have mental health concerns significant enough to impact their learning and social-emotional well-being. Many of these students have difficulties accessing the recommended mental health services. Students of color and economically disadvantaged students are even less likely to have access to mental health care or find culturally appropriate treatment options. Expanded school-based mental health services bridge this critical gap.
The Behavioral Health in Schools (BHS) program integrates licensed mental health therapists into schools to provide therapy services to students, as well as consultative, collaborative teaming support, and professional development opportunities to school staff.
For questions about our REST program, please contact Nelsie Stern at nelsie.stern@journeymhc.org or 608-280-4795
The REST Program is a Journey Mental Health Center school-based program for youth in and around the Madison area.
We collaborate with schools and local mental health agencies to build resiliency and promote recovery for youth impacted by stress and trauma. The program identifies students needing mental health support using standardized measures and one-to-one student consultations, connects them to appropriate school or community-based intervention(s), and increases schools’ capacities to support students impacted by stress and trauma.
The REST Program offers two group interventions. First, students affected by traumatic stress are invited to participate in a Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) group. This evidence-based curriculum has both group and individual components that occur weekly for 10 weeks. Through an equity-centered and resiliency-focused approach, CBITS aims to increase coping skills and reduce symptoms of Traumatic stress for students in middle and high school. Second, The REST Program launched the HEART intervention pilot in 2022-23 school year for students impacted by racial trauma. This group is an affinity space for students with self-reported symptoms of traumatic stress caused by repeated acts of racism and discrimination. The 10-week group offers a space for students to learn about racial trauma, develop coping skills and build a community for support and action.
Since its launch in 2003, CBITS group outcomes have been shown to reduce traumatic stress symptoms for children in participating schools. The REST Program is funded by the United Way of Dane County, Cigna and partnering school districts.
Behavioral Health in Schools is Journey’s newest program for students. The purpose of BHS is to improve the well-being of students with mental health concerns and a barrier to accessing services for their mental health outside of school. BHS helps students achieve psychosocial well-being, maximize their potential to engage in their education, and grow academically to attain educational and life success. This is achieved through direct treatment services, consultation, and professional development. Journey is committed to supporting schools for all students and staff and providing an integrated responsive health system.
Journey is currently partnering with the Sun Prairie Area School District to nurture a culturally responsive, trauma-informed, strengths-based, school-linked system of mental health practices and supports. Research shows that children are academically successful when their social-emotional needs are met. One in five children have mental health concerns significant enough to impact their learning and social-emotional well-being. Many of these students have difficulties accessing the recommended mental health services. Students of color and economically disadvantaged students are even less likely to have access to mental health care or find culturally appropriate treatment options. Expanded school-based mental health services bridge this critical gap.
The Behavioral Health in Schools (BHS) program integrates licensed mental health therapists into schools to provide therapy services to students, as well as consultative, collaborative teaming support, and professional development opportunities to school staff.
For questions about our REST program, please contact Nelsie Stern at nelsie.stern@journeymhc.org or 608-280-4795
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