School-Based Psychiatric Social Workers (PSWs)
PSW services may be funded by individual schools to provide a range of preventive, early intervention, and acute mental health assessments and treatments in group, individual, or family modalities. PSWs support a school-wide foundation of positive discipline, safe climate, academic success, and mental and emotional wellness by helping develop and sustain a caring school environment that promotes problem-solving skills and positive behavior support. School climate is one of the eight priorities required by the state of California to be addressed by district LCAPs, thus further increasing the value of PSW services.
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Contact Information:
Local District
School Mental Health Field Coordinator
Mental Health Consultant
Northeast
Martha Marquez
(818) 252-5417 martha.marquez@lausd.net
Lori Dudler
(xxx) xxx-xxxx lori.dudler@lausd.net
Northwest
Elena Jimenez
(818) 654-3652 elena.jimenez@lausd.net
Azin Ehsan-Sayson
(818) 654-3637 azin.ehsan-sayson@lausd.net
Lenore Pallares
(818) 654-3620 lpallare@lausd.net
South
Karen Wallace
(310) 354-3478 karen.wallace@lausd.net
Patrick McCauley
(310) 354-3516 patrick.mccauley@lausd.net
East
Lorena Valencia
(323) 224-3363 lxv9321@lausd.net
Maya Aviles
(323) 224-3334 maya.falcon@lausd.net
Emma Morales
(323) 224-3109 eem0776@lausd.net
West
Kezia Miller
(310) 914-2182 kezia.miller@lausd.net
Nicole McMahon
(310) 914-2176 nicole.mcmahon@lausd.net
Central
Maria Chua
(213) 241-2612 maria.chua@lausd.net
Veronica Real
(213) 241-3906 veronica.real@lausd.net
Gustavo Sagredo
(213) 241-8689 gustavo.sagredo@lausd.net