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I'm excited to share that Daybreak Health is hiring for several fully licensed remote therapists in California. This role would work with youth, ages 12-18, providing telehealth services across California. Our ideal candidate: 🌟 1. Licensed, Youth-Focused Clinical Expertise Must hold a valid California clinical license (LCSW, LPCC, or LMFT) and demonstrate experience delivering evidence-based teletherapy to school-aged children and adolescents. 🤝 2. Strong Communication & Collaborative Skills Ability to build therapeutic rapport with students, and to coordinate effectively with caregivers, school personnel, and community partners . 🔧 3. Tech-Savvy, Flexible, and Mission-Aligned Proficient with telehealth platforms, EHR systems, and remote work technologies; able to adapt schedule between 3–8 PM and optional weekends. Interested? Know someone who may be interested? Apply here: http://bit.ly/3GfyjBt Jordan Tuzon, MBA Alex Kaiser

🚀 Welcome Our Newest Daybreakers: Brittany Beal & Felipe Ramirez! 🎉 We’re excited to welcome Brittany J. Beal, M.Ed., NCC and Felipe Ramirez to the Daybreak Health team! As our first Outreach-focused team members, Brittany and Felipe will play a key role in connecting families and community organizations to the expanding mental health services at Daybreak. 🌟 Meet Brittany J. Beal, M.Ed., NCC: A former school counselor from Virginia, Brittany holds an M.Ed. in Counselor Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. After working as a Program Manager at a nonprofit in Raleigh, NC, she joined Daybreak to ensure equitable access to youth mental health services—because every student deserves the opportunity to thrive. 🌟 Meet Felipe: With 20+ years in education, Felipe started as a classroom teacher before moving into the nonprofit sector to expand his impact on students and families. From advocating for education reform to bringing arts-based SEL curriculum to schools, he’s passionate about transforming student well-being. Over the past five years, his focus has been on mental health advocacy—a game-changer he wishes had been available to his students earlier. Brittany and Felipe bring a wealth of experience, passion, and dedication to our mission, and we can’t wait to see the impact they’ll make. Welcome to the team! 💙✨ #WelcomeToDaybreak #MentalHealthMatters #Education #CommunityImpact #StudentWellbeing

We're #hiring! Join the mission-driven team at Daybreak Health and help transform student mental health across the country! 🚀 Account Manager (CT/ET): We’re looking for an experienced Account Manager to build and maintain consultative relationships with district decision-makers, program leads, and stakeholders. 🚀 Finance & Operations Senior Analyst: As a Finance & Operations Senior Analyst and play a pivotal role in driving financial performance and operational excellence! 💡 Ready to make a difference? Apply today! Account Manager (CT/ET): https://lnkd.in/g5NVQ7uC Finance & Operations Senior Analyst: https://lnkd.in/g6snx5an

We're wishing for nothing but safety, recovery, and wellbeing for our community in LA, and all those affected by the fires. Our hearts are with you.

6 districts were awarded as Mental Health Innovators this year 🏆 Each for their own creativity and commitment in serving the mental health needs of their students and families. OROVILLE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT received the Rural Partner of the Year award, and we had the pleasure of interviewing Assistant Superintendent Jon Wood on the unique challenges and rewards of supporting a rural community. Check out the announcement of all six awarded districts here: https://lnkd.in/eS5Cmhg5

📽️🌟 2024 Highlight: Superintendents from across the country joined Lorri Hobson of Attendance Works and Daybreak's Chief Medical Officer Devika Bhushan, MD for a panel on the role of mental health, access, and belonging in the sky-rocketing levels of chronic absenteeism among students across the US. We held this discussion in August, but #chronicabsenteeism was one subject that came up again and again in our conversations this year about how and why to increase #mentalhealth services in schools #postpandemic. Thank you Dr. Ian A. Roberts, Dr. Martha Salazar-Zamora, and Dr. Anthony Jackson for your wise contributions to this discussion! Link to the full recording and takeaways in the comments ⬇️

In 2024, we’ve had some incredible conversations on how to collectively support youth who are struggling with mental health to heal and succeed: 🏫 We've talked to superintendents including Alberto Carvalho of Los Angeles Unified School District, Dr. Whitney Oakley of Guilford County Schools, and Dr. Anthony Jackson of Chatham County Schools, 🧑🏫 Educators and community leaders from across the country like Lorri J. Hobson with Attendance Works, and Dr. Wenimo Okoya, Ed.D., MPH, Founder of Healing Schools Project- 📚 Even renowned researchers Jonathan Haidt and Dr. Bruce Duncan Perry, Who have all shared their visions for making schools into safer, healthier places for kids to grow up. 🎁📽️ Stay tuned as we share some of our most impactful conversations from 2024 over the next few weeks. 💬 What was your most memorable conversation about youth mental health this year?

Do you incorporate regulating activities in the classroom? In our recent fireside chat, Dr. Bruce Duncan Perry proposed re-structuring class time to regulate and open the mind for optimal learning: “Even though you are taking ‘instructional minutes’ away, you are making the remaining minutes much more efficient…” Get the full recap of our talk, Getting to the Cortex: Helping Educators Understand Student Behavior and Performance, here: https://lnkd.in/gG2p-GGX

Dr. Bruce Duncan Perry and Devika Bhushan, MD will be discussing the impact of stress on young brains, The Neurosequential Model, and how educators and families can optimize the best learning environments for young people and help them build resilience next week on 11/19. Register now to tune into the Fireside Chat on Tuesday 11/19 at 8 am PST | 11 am EST!: https://lnkd.in/gTjB6-KT #resilience #trauma #youthmentalhealth #MentalHealthMatters