School-Based Services

Beech Brook provides School-Based Mental Health Services, including therapy and support in more than 30 schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, as well as several charter schools and other local school districts, including Orange, Bedford and Kenston. Beech Brook also provides school-based services in two Toledo schools.

School-Based Therapy

Children who suffer from emotional and behavioral problems have trouble focusing on learning, often becoming an ordeal for their teachers, parents and peers. Beech Brook’s School-Based services provide mental health support to these children where and when they need it—every day in school.
Working hand-in-hand with children, teachers, administrators and families, Beech Brook therapists help children overcome their mental health problems, which leads to improved attendance, school performance, behavior and social interaction with others. Services include:

• Individual and family counseling
• Case management
• Home visits
• Teacher/administrator consultations
• Parenting groups
• Family support groups
• Information and referrals to other Beech Brook programs or to other agencies

Community Support

School-Based therapy services may be combined with Beech Brook’s REACH (Releasing Excellent Alternative Community Help) program, which provides mental health support to children and their families at home or in the community, as well as linkages to other programs and services.

Comprehensive Sex Education

Beech Brook’s Comprehensive Sex Education is an abstinence-based, age-appropriate curriculum taught to approximately 9,000 students in Cleveland and many surrounding suburban school districts. Topics discussed include self-esteem, positive decision-making, puberty, pregnancy prevention and violence prevention.