Mental Health in Schools – Tre King, MSW

Episode 29
Guest: Tre King, MSW
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW

Tre King, Mental Health Coordinator in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, shares what it means to do this work in the same community where he grew up — serving students he sees himself in. He discusses the realities of school-based mental health practice, the gap between how marginalized communities are discussed in social work classrooms and the lived experience of practitioners from those communities, and the importance of community-rooted, culturally grounded care.

In this episode:

• What school-based mental health coordination looks like across Miami-Dade County Public Schools
• What it means to serve students in the same community and school district where you grew up
• The gap between how marginalized communities are discussed in social work education versus lived practice reality
• Community training efforts including Mental Health First Aid

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