Helping kids cope … in school! –

Sept. 23, 2018 – The family lives on Cape Cod, where a growing number of schools are hiring treatment counselors to work with teachers and students whose families are battling addiction. The counselors work at the schools, but are employed by Gosnald, the largest provider of addiction services on the Cape. Cayenne Kelly is a counselor who works for Gosnald. She is based at Lawrence Middle School in Falmouth, Massachusetts, where she sees Maddy Nadeau at least once a week. She has increased the number of days she works at the school because she says the need is growing to help children who are experiencing the chaos of addiction, including fearing their parents might not survive an overdose.

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