Community Mental Health Project
Advancing Mental Wellbeing
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or any other form of mental crisis, please call 988. The 988 lifeline can be a source of emotional support and resources. Trained staff can assist in a crisis situation, connect individuals to community resources, or connect you to emergency assistance.
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School Based Referral: Due to WY Dep. Of Health Behavioral Health reform (active July 2024) , Big Horn County School District #1 can make a referral on behalf of students placing them in a "Priority One Populations" eligible for state funded resources. Contracts are with state Community Care Centers including "The Oxbow Center" and "Central Wyoming Counseling Center" offering in person and telehealth therapy counseling options for students. Please contact your child's school counselor for referral documents.
The Oxbow Center
Central Wyoming Counseling Center
Resource Media Library: supplies videos, podcast, articles and more addressing student behavioral health topics. Find content addressing motivation, growth mindset, self confidence, technology wellness, sleep, family and friend relations and many more issues students deal with.
Care Solace: is a free, confidential service that connects students to mental health providers and substance use treatment depending on personal, insurance and cultural needs. School counselors can make a warm hand off referral with the permission of a students family
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Parent Guidance: is a module based learning platform directed to parents to learning about their teen or child's behavioral health needs. Parent Guidance free, on demand courses address needs ranging from anxiety and depression, addiction, body image, behavior, bullying, grief and loss, mindfulness, stress, suicide ideation, and much more. Helping parents learn how to support their child.
Resource Media Library: offers videos, podcast, articles and more addressing student behavioral health topics. Rather than search for materials on your own, scan our resource library for content addressing motivation, growth mindset, self confidence, technology wellness, sleep, family and friend relations and many more issues families have to face in this modern world.
WY We Talk: resources to help have those difficult conversations addressing underage drinking, substance use and suicide.
Care Solace: is a free, confidential service that connects families to mental health providers and substance use treatment depending on personal, insurance and cultural needs. Parents can generate individual searches to connect to providers with the assistance of a care companion coordinator.
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Employee Assistance Program: Counseling options for staff members participating in district health insurance are eligible to participate in the Employee Assistance Program, that offers them 6 free sessions of talk therapy.
Care Solace: is a free, confidential service that connects staff to mental health providers and substance use treatment depending on personal, insurance and cultural needs.Staff can generate individual searches to connect to providers with the assistance of a care companion coordinator or on their own.
Headspace for Educators: an app resource provided by Headspace available for free to all district employees helps build self care skills by addressing stress management, teaching mindfulness and meditation, and building other self care concepts.
Rhithm (Lovell Middle School)
Rhithm is a student check-in tool that makes it easy for counselors, teachers, and administrators to check in with students and provide access to evidence-based activities that help students get ready to learn.
Rhithm provides a simple emoji-based check-in that provides valuable data to educators, counselors, and leaders, after which individual activities and lessons are displayed to help educators and students increase learning readiness.
Risk alerts help make sure no student data falls through the cracks by allowing counselors and educators to create custom conditions under which to receive an in-app, email, or web notification of how a student is feeling.
Pre-built or custom assessments allow administrators to leverage our library of surveys (or create their own) to send to students.
Rhithm Insights is a data visualization and reporting tool for district leaders that makes it easy to analyze trends across their district or campuses while increasing awareness to support data-driven decision-making.
Other Resources
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Safe & Secure Schools
Big Horn County School District #2 is strongly committed to providing a safe and secure learning environment.
Our efforts to provide a safe & secure school environment include:- A school resource officer in each school
- Secure vestibules/foyers in each school
- Enhanced security camera system inside & outside of all buildings
- Drills as mandated by the state
- Safe2Tell: Anonymous reporting system for at-risk behaviors
- Visitor Management System in each school
Safety Procedures for the Current School Year: The past several school years have presented a set of challenges for education due to the need to adapt to the COVID-19 world. BGH2's Smart Start Plan is a tiered approach that will best ensure a quality education for the students in our district.
General measures include:- Health Screenings: Parents/guardians are asked to check daily for symptoms of illness before sending their children to school. Student with any illness must stay home.
- Social Distancing: The district encourages social distancing whenever feasible.
- Face Coverings: All staff and students are recommended to use face coverings when inside the school building.
- Sanitation & Hygiene Measures: This includes sanitation of buildings and hygiene measures for all individuals.
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- CDC School Health Index
- Centsible Nutrition
- Marty Moose Program
- MyPlate.gov
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The district maintains student privacy through policy and practice to adhere to federal regulations and best ensure student safety.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA): This is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children’s education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Big Horn #2 Policy: JRA-Student Records and the related document define how the district addresses the requirements of FERPA. -
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION: Big Horn County School District #2 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Inquiries for Title IX may be directed to Brandon Weiss, Title IX Coordinator, at 502 Hampshire Avenue, Lovell, WY 82431, by phone at 307-548-6563, or via email at bweiss@bgh2.org. Inquiries for Section 504 may be directed to William Hiser, Section 504 Coordinator, at 502 Hampshire Avenue, Lovell, WY 82431, by phone at 307-548-6553, or via email at whiser@bgh2.org.
For further information on notice of non-discrimination, contact The Office for Civil Rights. Department of Education, Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building,1244 Speer Boulevard, Suite 310, Denver, CO 80204-3582, Telephone: 303-844-5695, FAX: 303-844-4303; TDD: 800-877-8339, Email: OCR.Denver@ed.gov. -