These ongoing complementing trauma-informed and protective frameworks increase collaboration and move the needle faster when implemented together at the local level. Upcoming Interagency Trainings […]
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Parent Partnership Learning Community
April 27th, 2022 from 10-noon Parent Partnership Learning Community: Register HERE This learning community promotes trauma/hope trainings, implementation of Handle With Care, peer support groups, parent advisory councils, and family resource centers statewide by providing free technical assistance, connection to resources, and virtual breakout sessions with experts 3-4 times per year. Meeting #3 will be Wednesday, April 27th […]
OSDE Trauma Summit
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STATE SUPER VISIT
By BRIAN D. KING bking@tahlequahdailypress.com HEROKEE Elementary CSchool welcomed Joy Hofmeister, Oklahoma superintendent of public instruction, who came to learn from after-school programs at Tahlequah Public Schools. During her time at the school, she spoke to school administrators on topics ranging from the TPS backpack program to the supper program. TPS has around 3,500 enrolled children, 700 of […]
Police would benefit from assistance of mental health professionals on calls, legislative study shows
JaNae Williams Oklahoman A bi-partisan study held Sept. 13 by Oklahoma’s House Public Safety Committee affirmed that law enforcement would benefit from enhanced participation by mental health professionals on crisis calls. Rep. Randy Randleman, R-Eufaula, and Rep. Collin Walke, D-Oklahoma City, requested the study to establish the need for more mental health crisis units and help […]
Ellis: Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office to start Handle with Care program to help students with trauma
LINDA MANAUGH 1/10/208:24 AM The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office held their first meeting to talk about a program that would help children dealing with trauma in our school districts. Sheriff Vic Regalado says they met with the Healthy Minds organization Thursday discussing the program called Handle With Care. The Sheriff says Oklahoma has one of the […]
Oklahoma City mental health emergencies outpace police trained to handle them
OCTOBER 5, 2020 | 2:47 PM Calls have nearly doubled since 2013; fewer than 1 in 5 officers specialize in them. Whitney Bryen Quinton Chandler It was almost 11 p.m. when two Oklahoma City police cruisers, red lights flashing, blocked Northwest 106th Street in both directions. As officers walked toward the front door, passing the […]
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TCSO and Berryhill Schools begin the first “Handle With Care” program in Northeast Oklahoma
MARCH 6, 2020 On February 27th, the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office began a partnership to help potentially traumatized students within the Berryhill School District. As of February 27th, when a Deputy responds to a call in the Berryhill area where children are present who may be affected by what has occurred, the Deputy will send […]
TCSO, Berryhill Schools Partner For ‘Handle With Care’ Program
Thursday, February 27th 2020, 8:21 pm By: Amy Slanchik A new program launched Thursday means Tulsa County deputies will be sending a “Handle with Care” notification to Berryhill Public Schools when a deputy respond to a call and a child is there. The new program is meant to bring teachers in the loop, that something […]
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Munson Passes ‘Handle With Care’ Bill Focused on Student Mental Health
Communications & Public AffairsJanuary 24, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Contact: State Rep. Cyndi MunsonPhone: (405) 557-7392 Munson Passes ‘Handle With Care’ Bill Focused on Student Mental Health OKLAHOMA CITY — Legislation to help increase communication between law enforcement and school districts has passed the House Public Safety Committee. House Bill 3640, authored by Rep. Cyndi Munson […]
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