PASAP Webinar: 

Schools and providers working together: Helping students succeed, featuring Sara Goodyear, School Counselor, A.W. Beattie Career Center.

Webinar Description: 

This session offers resources for building effective, mutually beneficial partnerships between schools and community mental health providers. It will highlight key questions to ask during development and share successful examples to inspire new partnerships that benefit all stakeholders.

The session will provide school-based professionals (counselors, social workers, administrators, SAP team members) key information for building effective partnerships with mental health providers to assist with connecting students with impactful resources to help address barriers to learning.

Speaker Bio:  

Sara Goodyear is a dedicated PA Licensed Professional Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor and PA Certified School Counselor for grades K-12. Sara joined AWBCC as a School Counselor in 2019. Prior to AWBCC, she worked as a Clinical Therapist at Western Psychiatric Hospital’s STAR Clinic providing CBT/DBT therapy to adolescents and college-aged patients with depression, anxiety and suicidality. She maintained a clinical role until December 2021.

In addition, she has worked as an individual, group and family therapist in the school, home, and community settings. She has worked with diverse clientele, including at-risk/high need populations, for over 15 years. Her previous experience includes work as a School-Based Therapist working through an agency partnered with several Pittsburgh Public Schools' Emotional Support classrooms for grades K-8 clientele with mood and behavioral disorders. In addition, she has worked extensively in both schools and wraparound settings, as a Teacher’s Aide and Therapist specializing in children with Autism and behavioral disorders, to implement positive behavioral supports and interventions.