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BILL SUMMARY For PRESENTATION FROM COLORADO SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS
JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JOINT EDUCATION
Date Mar 6, 2019
Location Old State Library
Presentation from Colorado School Counselors and School Psychologists - Committee Discussion Only
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08:27:46 AM |
Senator Todd invited the next group of presenters to the table. Matthew McClain, Executive Director, Colorado School Counselor Association, Karen Smith, President of the Colorado School Counselor Association, and Dr. Franci Crepeau-Hobson, Board Member of the Colorado Society of School Psychologists, came to the table. They distributed two handouts to the committee (Attachments C and D). Mr. McClain spoke about his experience as a school counselor in rural Colorado. Ms. Smith spoke about her experiences as a counselor in a metropolitan area school district. Mr. McClain and Ms. Smith answered questions from the committee.
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08:46:04 AM |
Dr. Crepeau-Hobson, Director of Clinical
Training in School Psychology at the University of Colorado Denver, as
well as a board member of the Colorado Society of School Psychologists,
provided a definition of school psychologists as well as an overview of
the services they provide in schools. She said that mental illness,
when conceptualized as a disease, is the most common childhood disease.
She spoke about the mental health services that children receive
in school, as well as the risk factors for suicide.
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