Update on youth mental health from a school counselor
Part of a series of speakers talking about mental health, one of Rotary International President Gordon R. McInally focuses for Rotary year 2023-24.
Kelsey McPherson is a school counselor at Whittier Elementary in Bozeman. This will be her fifth year as the school counselor at Whittier. As a counselor, no day looks the same - the kids bring new challenges every day, and that is what she loves about her job. She is passionate about being proactive about student's mental health and providing the kids with as many tools as possible in their toolbox to give them appropriate alternatives to choose what they need. One of the methods they use at Whittier is a mindfulness program that was created to help support students and provide them with coping skills.
Introduced by Paddy Stoy.