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🌱 How a Belington psychologist is reshaping school mental health in Barbour County

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  • How a Belington psychologist is reshaping school mental health in Barbour County

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📰 News we're reading

• West Virginia Psychological Association Honors Dr. Casey Jo Cottrill with the Early Career Citizen Psychologist Award (wvpress.org) — Belington readers can celebrate that local psychologist Dr. Casey Jo Cottrill has been honored with the West Virginia Psychological Association's 2026 Early Career Citizen Psychologist Award. Working through Barbour Community Health Association, she's expanded school-based behavioral health services, streamlined consent for families, and mentors future psychologists, helping improve access to mental health care for children and families across Barbour County.
   

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