School Based Services

MaryAnne McDonnell, LPC, Program Supervisor

What Services Are Offered At The Schools?

School-Based Health Centers provide integrated public and behavioral health services.  

Services offered include individual and group counseling and/or skills training for issues including:

• Attention deficit
• Disruptive behavior
• Anger management
• Anxiety
• Adjustment issues
• Family problems
• Grief and loss
• Impulse-control problems
• Mood disorders
• Oppositional behaviors
• Post-traumatic stress
• Substance use

How Do I Access  School Based Counseling?

Services may be recommended by the school administration, or requested by parents through the school counselor or teacher.  Information shared by the student with the mental health therapist is strictly confidential and does not become part of the student’s school records.

Who Funds  School-Based Services?

In partnership with the Bend/La Pine and Redmond   School Districts, Deschutes County Mental Health provides school-based assessment, consultation and counseling services for children and youth demonstrating mental health related problems.  Mental health therapists are assigned to specific schools identified by the school districts, where treatment is provided for students who would otherwise not have access to mental health care.

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For More Information Contact:

Deschutes  County Behavioral Health

Child & Family Program

2577 N.E. Courtney Drive  
Bend, OR  97701
(541) 322-7500