Session Objectives:
At the end of this session participants will be able to:
Presenters:
Caribel Sanabria Vélez, Ph.D., (Senior Training and Consultation Specialist – Mental Health and School Mental Health lead for Puerto Rico) is a fully bilingual Clinical Psychologist. She has over seven years of clinical and research work, performing with federal, community, and non-profit organizations. Using the knowledge gained with her postdoc degree in trauma, she developed and provided workshops, documentation, and psychoeducation with an evidence-based methodology to foster and increase the resiliency of the Puerto Rican population. Caribel has worked on federal proposals targeted at helping minority and Hispanic populations who suffered during and post-Hurricane Sandy in New York City. She has also collaborated as a therapist and consultant in the development of new proposals for projects with the purpose of training mental health specialists in resiliency and trauma post-Hurricane María in Puerto Rico.
Kristy Ritvalsky, MPH is a school-based senior training and consultation specialist with the MHTTC. Before joining the MHTTC team, she supported school teams with coaching, training, and technical assistance in social-emotional learning (SEL), school mental health, and positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS). She brings more than 15 years of experience in implementing and maintaining evidence-based. practices in various settings that involve direct and indirect consultation services. Kristy is passionate about improving the educational and social outcomes in urban communities. She has worked extensively in urban districts of Philadelphia, PA, and Newark, NJ working within schools and partnering with community organizations to align school-wide behavior programs.
