Montana Safe Schools Center
We provide training and technical assistance, research and resources, and tele-mental health support to schools and communities across Montana. Through partnerships with schools, districts, families and community stakeholders, we assist in the adaptation of systems and practices to improve students’ physical and emotional safety and school climate. We believe that training, resources, and support contribute to school’s ability to sustain safe and healthy school environments.
Our Mission
Our mission is to cultivate collaborative partnerships, systems and practices to enhance physical and emotional safety and well-being of Montana school communities through training, resources, and technical assistance.
About Us
Meet The Team!
Nancy Berg
Nancy is the Director for the Center and holds her Master’s Degree in social work. She is a certified master trainer in the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) and Suicide Alertness for Everyone (safeTALK) suicide prevention protocols. Nancy is working towards her clinical social work licensure and volunteers her time at the YWCA, providing crisis walk-in and counseling services to survivors of violence and stalking.
Christina Eblen
Tina Eblen is the University of Montana Safe Schools Center’s Training and Technical Assistance Specialist. She brings to the center a wealth of experience including over eight years of Emergency Management, ten years of Behavioral Health and five years of experience working directly with schools. Outside of work, Tina likes to spend time with her fiance and three children, bike around Missoula’s many roads and trails, and travel.
Paige Sedahl
Paige Sedahl began her career as an eighth-grade science teacher with Seattle Public Schools. After seven years in Seattle, she and her husband chose to return to Montana to be closer to family and raise their young son. Settling in Missoula, Paige spent the next three and a half years working with the Federal Programs and Coordinated School Health teams at the Montana Office of Public Instruction before assuming leadership of the PEAK Attendance Project at the University of Montana Safe Schools Center. In her free time she loves to try out new recipes, ski, go for a long run, or spend time traveling with her friends and family.
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