1. WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL Mental Health Team “Meeting the mental health needs of Wilson’s student scholars”

2. What is the mental health team?  The mental health team is composed of Woodrow Wilson High School Staff members who collaborate to provide mental health services when a student scholar exhibits emotional, behavioral, or academic concerns, and/or needs assistance with finding appropriate resources in the community.

3. The Mental Health Team consists of an educational psychologist, two school-based psychologists, a clinical psychologist, three clinical social workers, a school nurse and a school counselor, who work collaboratively with the Deans of Students, teachers, school counselors and administrators to provide support and interventions to assist the student scholar to be productive and successful at Woodrow Wilson.

4.  Each team member manages his or her own individual caseload. The team meets to discuss particular scholars who need crisis assistance, or require additional services or intervention / strategies to help address their social and emotional concerns. The team members develop and implement strategies to assist student scholars in being receptive and available to academic instruction at Woodrow Wilson High School

5. Who are the Mental Health Team Members?  Dr. Peggy Peagler - Educational Psychologist and Assistant Principal for Special Education Services ( Mental Health Team Chair) (  Dr. Perette Arrington - Clinical Psychologist  Dr. Roosevelt Cohens - Clinical Social Worker  Ms. Glenda Waters - Clinical Social Worker  Ms. Willie Wigfall - Clinical Social Worker  Dr. Michelle Davis - School Psychologist  Ms. Jennifer Higgins - School Psychologist  Ms. Grace Echeona - School Nurse  Ms. Wanda Flowers - School Counselor  Mr. William Haith - Assistant Principal

6. Common Student Scholar Concerns  Conflict Resolution  Anxiety  Depression  Anger Management  Self-Esteem/ Body Image  Grief & Loss  ADHD  Anti- Bullying  Self- Injurious Behaviors

7. Intervention Modalities Individual Therapy Group Therapy Family Therapy Consultation Parent Training Teacher Training Academic and Crisis Intervention

8. Note on Confidentiality  Information that a student scholar brings to members of the team is kept confidential, with the exception of certain conditions. For example, when a student scholar reports he or she is experiencing suicidal and/ or homicidal thoughts, sexual or physical abuse, or engaging in self-destructive/ life threatening behavior, the mental health team member takes appropriate steps to ensure the student scholar’s safety. Additionally, it is the team member’s legal responsibility to contact the student scholar’s parents and inform them of their adolescent’s condition.  Our ultimate goal as mental health providers is to restore the scholar’s emotional well-being in order for him or her to be productive and excel in both the classroom and the community.

9. Contact Us  peggy.peagler@dc.gov peggy.peagler@dc.gov  perette.arrington@dc.gov perette.arrington@dc.gov  roosevelt.cohens@dc.gov roosevelt.cohens@dc.gov  glenda.waters@dc.gov glenda.waters@dc.gov  michellel.davis@dc.gov michellel.davis@dc.gov  willie.wigfall@dc.gov willie.wigfall@dc.gov  grace.echeona@dc.gov grace.echeona@dc.gov  wanda.flowers@dc.gov wanda.flowers@dc.gov  jennifer.higgins@dc.gov jennifer.higgins@dc.gov  william.haith@dc.gov william.haith@dc.gov