Partnering With School + District Leaders
We’ll Equip Your Staff With 9 Essential Skills to Improve Mental Health in Your School Community
Our system is call The Thriving School Community which is outlined in our book here.
It is intended to equip your staff, students, and caregivers with skills to address the most common issues contributing to the youth mental heath crisis. With a focus on your school community, your site leaders can plan on cultivating a sustainable, thriving system.
No overhauls.
No trendy buzz words.
No overwhelming your staff.
Start with the School Mental Health Audit (it’s FREE).
Charle Peck, M.Ed., MSW
School Mental Health Consultant
Serving Schools for Over 20 Years
Served as the school mental health liaison (attended district training sessions, collaborated with administrators and school mental health leads, set school-wide goals, created implementation plans, and led the school-based team to see the plan through).
Held department responsibilities such as budgeting, scheduling staff, resolving issues, leading meetings, ordering supplies, and other relevant tasks.
Delivered workshops to educators + healthcare professionals.
Engaged in years of professional training in areas such as instructional best practices, equity + inclusion, critical thinking, literacy, supporting the whole learner, school transition, TIC, school leadership, etc.
Delivered workshop training to healthcare professionals and parents in areas related to child development and stress management.
Trained administrators and district leaders in mental health leadership.
Provided CBT + DBT therapy to teens at a residential treatment facility and led group therapy sessions with their families.
Provided clinical care to adolescent patients admitted to the crisis unit at a behavioral health hospital.
Led family therapy sessions to prepare teen patients to transition home safety.
Co-authored a book to provide relief to a fractured school mental health system.
Certified to teach K-12 (M.Ed.), and is licensed to practice clinical therapy specializing in trauma (MSW).
Taught high school social sciences and mental health curriculum for 18 years.
Led district-wide professional learning sessions to improve instructional practice and wellness initiatives.
Led several student-based clubs including community outreach + teen voice.
Established strong community partnerships.
Led school promotion efforts.
Wrote mental health + social sciences curricula for public education.
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“Charle Peck is as compassionate as she is brilliant. She is so much fun to work with as she is full of joy. Whenever anyone asks for suggestions for speakers on the topics of mental health or social-emotional learning, Charle is the first person that comes to mind as she adds value every time!”
— A. McGoey, High School AP Psychology Educator
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“Charle is passionate and is an expert in social-emotional learning. She helps schools care for the emotional well-being of adults as well as children, which sets her apart from all others in the field, and she adds value to every conversation.”
— J. Maxsam, Former HS Principal,
Founder of Igniter of Change Leadership
Improving School Mental Health:
The Thriving School Community Solution
Written by: Charle Peck and Cameron Caswell, PhD
There is a mental health crisis within the education system. Teachers are burned out. Students are stressed out. Parents are checked out. Leaders are left picking up the pieces. We’ve been trying to address the state of well-being in our schools for decades, but the system is overwhelmed.
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