bryt’s ideal staffing model involves two full-time (2.0 FTE) dedicated staff: a Clinical Coordinator (Masters-level, typically a social worker or LMHC) who leads the direct work of clinical support, care coordination, and family engagement; and an Academic Coordinator (teacher or carefully selected aide/paraprofessional) who works with the student and their teachers to facilitate academic catch-up…

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Students can access staff and sanctuary when needed as they work toward full school reintegration. Because the bryt room is in itself an integral part of the bryt Intervention, the Center’s bryt Team works with each school in our network to identify and provision a multi-purpose space for bryt in the school that serves as a peaceful…

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The Brookline Center’s bryt Team supports schools with hiring staff for the bryt intervention, including promoting open positions on our national listserv and providing sample job descriptions and hiring protocols. Once staff are hired, our District/School Support Specialist provides initial onboarding and orientation to the bryt Network as the first step in our comprehensive technical…

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Grounded in bryt’s program development rubric, bryt District/School Support Specialists organize and facilitate at-least-annual reflection and self-assessment sessions with school teams that function to:  Compare the current functioning of their bryt intervention to an established set of program standards  Identify and celebrate areas of growth and success in the quality and impact of the school’s…

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bryt works with schools using a structured yet flexible planning process that includes:  Opportunities to talk with and visit similar schools already implementing the bryt model Determining need and identifying resources necessary for effective implementation Assets and needs mapping utilizing the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework to ensure bryt is aligned with related work…

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The Brookline Center’s bryt Team will work with you to customize the bryt model based on the existing assets, resources, and needs of your school. Planning and implementation happen on the time frame that works best for the school. 

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Fundamental to the bryt Model is the development of an overall Student Support Plan for each participating student, focused on fully integrating each student back into full participation in school environment after an extended absence and/or a period of falling significantly behind in association with a mental health disruption. Each individualized Student Support Plan integrates…

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For information about bringing bryt to your Massachusetts school(s): Katherine Houle, Associate Director for District and School Support katherinehoule@brooklinecenter.org For information about bringing bryt to schools/districts outside of Massachusetts, and/or for general inquiries about bryt: Paul Hyry-Dermith, Director paul_hyry-dermith@brooklinecenter.org / 413-219-8587 For information about professional development, consultation, and/or special projects: Courtney Tucker, Associate Director for…

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bryt stands at the intersection of education, mental health, and youth development in order to transform the way schools approach Tier 3 supports to students whose learning has been disrupted due to a mental health challenge. With deep knowledge of schools backed by equally deep roots in community mental health, bryt integrates field-specific knowledge with frontline…

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Learn more about The Brookline Center. Whether we’re supporting a teen in crisis or helping a family get back on its feet, The Brookline Center’s services stabilize and transform thousands of lives each year. Generous donors make this possible. Each gift moves us closer to a day when every adult and child in our community…

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