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NEW YORK CITY - The Office of School Health Programs at The New York Academy of Medicine has been awarded a $250,000 grant to aid in the long-term emotional and psychological recovery of New York City public school communities following the World Trade Center tragedy. The grant, secured by office director Leslie Goldman, was one of the two largest in a $1,225,000 pool of Sept. 11th-related funds generously awarded by the Credit Suisse First Boston Foundation through their employee donations.
The Academy's program, "Moving From Crisis to Hope and Well Being: A Response to the Events of Sept. 11, 2001," will help students, their families, and school staff regain a sense of control and well-being in the wake of the devastating terrorist attacks. Teachers of kindergarten through 12th grade will attend Academy-run training workshops to learn how to integrate emotional and mental health skills into their regular health curriculum. Some of those skills include coping with stress and anger, managing feelings, expressing concern for others, communicating effectively, and setting positive goals for the future. While this initiative will address Sept. 11 trauma, it also introduces a long-term structural change to health education, emphasizing important skills that have not been in the curriculum.
Other workshops to be offered through this grant will help families learn to be resilient in the face of adversity and move forward after a crisis. The program will also assist school communities in building tolerance for and appreciation of the diverse cultures, ethnicities and religions that are omnipresent in this city yet perhaps not well understood.
Highlights of the program include:
Partnering health educators with mental health experts who specialize in trauma and post-traumatic stress disorders, to develop long-term mental and emotional health education activities for schools.
Training school staff to better manage their own emotions and stress levels during and after a crisis.
Helping schools to integrate these new ideas and strategies into the fabric of their institutions. On April 2, Leslie Goldman and the staff of the Office of School Health Programs will give a presentation about the program to employees of Credit Suisse First Boston and invited guests.
Additional funders of the Academy's Sept. 11 school health programs include the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation, the Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation, and Metropolitan Life Foundation, among others. For further details on the Office of School Health Programs' efforts to help the school community rebound from the World Trade Center tragedy, visit http://www.nyam.org/initiatives/shp.shtml.
Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) is a leading global investment bank serving institutional, corporate, government and individual clients. The CSFB Foundation supports organizations whose primary goals are education and programs that benefit inner-city youth. The Firm is a business unit of the Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group, a leading global financial services company. For more information on Credit Suisse First Boston, please visit our Web site at http://www.csfb.com.
Posted on March 18, 2002
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