Loren Fish
Laura Sohn
MAPS: Mental Health at Holbrook Indian School
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ou might have heard of or read about an acronym that we like to use at Holbrook Indian School: MAPS. If you haven’t, then allow us to introduce it to you. This program seeks to improve every dimension in our students’ lives to help make their futures brighter. The program has four pillars: Mental, Academic/Artistic, Physical, and Spiritual. Each pillar is a fundamental component of the students’ environment and education, with specific and practical applications. This article begins a series where we will focus on each pillar, starting with the “M” (mental health). Our students often have troubling circumstances in their lives that can limit their ability to learn. Overcoming the mental roadblocks that these experiences and behavioral patterns create can be a big challenge. Part of our solution is to provide our students with individualized counseling services. This is where licensed counselors play a key role in assisting students in expressing their stories and assessing how to change negative behaviors and thought patterns. Licensed counselors Laura Sohn and Loren Fish, who make up a two-person team of counselors at HIS, will help us review this topic in this month’s issue by sharing some of what their work entails.
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