LLCC is enhancing the mental health services available to students through the addition of Kellee Phillips as the student care coordinator, and by creating the Student Well Being and Mental Health Task Force. This committee, comprised of five staff, five faculty, and five students, seeks to:
- Identify, research and recommend ways to enhance mental health and well-being for students.
- Improve resources to address the various needs available to the student population.
- Break the stigma by bringing mental health awareness to the entire LLCC community.
What we have accomplished so far:
- Process developed for where to send students in need.
- Flyers and posters encouraging mental health awareness around campus.
- Increasing student knowledge about current resources available such as 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and Talkspace.
- NAMI: In Our Own Voice presentation for students, faculty and staff.
- Tami Odimayo, psychologist and author, Cassie Delaney, Memorial Behavioral Health project director of Crisis System of Care, and Stephanie Carson, business development coordinator of Gateway Foundation, came to speak at PDD about the different approaches and processes when students are in need of resources and support.
- We have implemented a non-uniformed, co-responder with police and Kellee Phillips, when a student is in emotional distress.
Stay tuned for updates on what the Student Well Being and Mental Health Task Force has been up to! If you have any questions, please contact Kellee Phillips.