| Morrison New Director of SIMHS Day Treatment Ctr. |
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| Written by Fred Scaglione |
| Tuesday, 02 February 2010 15:44 |
Rob Morrison, Psy.D., has been named the Director of the Staten Island Mental Health Society’s (SIMHS) Day Treatment Center (PS/IS 25- South Richmond High School). Jointly operated by the SIMHS and District 75 of the NYC Department of Education, the Day Treatment Center is a special education school for children with severe emotional and behavioral challenges. The Mental Health Society’s component provides therapeutic services for the more than 100 children who attend the elementary and intermediate schools, as well as the 50 students enrolled in the high school program.Morrison joined the SIMHS in 1999 as a senior psychologist within the Day Treatment program and was named its assistant director in 2005. He also served as a clinical peer reviewer for the CHAPS Community Health Center, where he reviewed and mentored psychological services provided to persons with developmental disabilities who live at home. Prior to that he worked as a clinician at youth mental health agencies in New York and New Jersey. Morrison received his BA in Psychology from the University of Delaware and both his Master’s in Psychology and his Clinical Psy.D. from Ferkauk Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University. A member of the American Psychological Association. |




Rob Morrison, Psy.D., has been named the Director of the Staten Island Mental Health Society’s (SIMHS) Day Treatment Center (PS/IS 25- South Richmond High School). Jointly operated by the SIMHS and District 75 of the NYC Department of Education, the Day Treatment Center is a special education school for children with severe emotional and behavioral challenges. The Mental Health Society’s component provides therapeutic services for the more than 100 children who attend the elementary and intermediate schools, as well as the 50 students enrolled in the high school program.














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