2018 ANNUAL REPORT
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
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he Mental Health Services program at JFS served 2,724 people with quality mental health therapy and support services, helping them overcome trauma, manage depression and anxiety, improve relationships, and succeed in life. Therapists began using virtual reality as a treatment modality. Patients navigate through digitally created environments and complete specially designed tasks often tailored to treat a specific ailment.
DR. DAN SAVIN JFS REFUGEE MENTAL HEALTH PSYCHIATRIST
The Refugee Mental Health group added a refugee systems navigator to help patients access additional community resources to help them successfully adjust to life in their new home. JFS also hired a former AmeriCorps volunteer who also works as a refugee navigator.
JFS therapists provided training to University of Denver students on the Refugee Mental Health program and the refugee population. The school-based KidSuccess program began operating in four new schools: Denver Academy of Torah, Colorado Charter High School, College View Elementary School, and McMeen Elementary. The program expanded services at three area schools. School-based therapists trained school staff on positive and trauma-informed teaching and facilitated positive parenting groups at elementary schools where KidSuccess operates. JFS provided clinicians on-site at area schools following traumatic incidents to help children and staff manage anxiety and process their feelings.
