BrainPower

Overview

Girls Place secured funding and initiated BrainPower in October 2015, Girls Place’s onsite mental health services program.

As part of a broadening initiative to provide service to the growing number of girls at Girls Place, the BrainPower program was able to become an approved clinical training site to Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy practicum and internship students at the University of Florida Counselor Education program. BrainPower was able to subsequently successfully recruit clinical interns from the University of Florida’s Counselor Education.

Goals

The goals of the BrainPower are as follows:

Provide girls access to mental health consultation, assessment, and treatment
Provide mental health support for girls struggling with anxiety, depression, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), learning disorders and behavior/conduct disorders in a safe and nurturing environment
Provide education and early intervention to build the capacity for girls and families to cope with potentially harmful situations and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
Provide staff with training to perform preliminary monitoring of mental health concerns for the purposes of referring girls for mental
health and/or treatment and/or referral to appropriate community resources where necessary.

BrainPower is committed to providing quality mental health services to the young women at Girls Place and to their families. To accomplish this goal, BrainPower has, is in the process of, securing partnerships with various community partners.

United Way of North Central Florida

United Way 211

For more information about the BrainPower program, please email Ms. Christi @ christi@girlsplace.net.

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BrainPower

BrainPower

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