NYC Health – Hospitals Queens – Public School #154

NYC Health – Hospitals Queens – Public School #154 was shut down on January 1st 2020. This school does still provide many mental health and special resource programs through a school based Mental Health Clinic to support students and their families. Social workers, mental health nurses, psychologists, and other support staff can be accessed through the school nurse and administration departments.

This school serves students from pre-kindergarten to grade five and has an extensive and comprehensive special education program. Mental health and social supports are offered to students through a school based Mental Health clinic run by Queens Hospital or through the NYC Mental Health for All program.

These school-based mental health clinics offer assessments, psychotherapy services, crisis intervention, peer support, and medication treatment if needed. The Mental Health services provided at PS 154 are free to access and are not related to ability to pay, immigration status, or any other qualification except that help is needed. Students and families can access support for issues like environmental stresses, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, mental health conditions, and learning and social struggles.

Licensed mental health professionals offer individual and group counseling. They also have programs and workshops to help educate and address mental health issues before they become serious or chronic.

The school counseling plan also integrates many aspects of mental health awareness and education into their curriculum. Programs teaching coping skills, positive decision making, S.M.A.R.T goal setting to help students learn the life skills they need to navigate the emotionally difficult world they live in.