LEAD On-Call & Ongoing Consulting

Don't Go At It Alone. Secure LEAD's Mental Health & DEI-JB experts on retainer for our on-call, non-clinical crisis support to overcome this summer's most daunting MESH crises & DEI-JB (diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging) challenges?

LEAD-On-Call is a 24/7, non-clinical crisis support and consultation service, operated from June through August by ​LEAD's expert​​ ​MESH, DEI-JB ​& Restorative Justice consultants.

​​LEAD On-Call empowers summer camps with:

• Five hours/month of on-call (24/7), non-clinical crisis consultation with a LEAD expert​​ ​MESH, DEI-JB, & Restorative Justice ​consultant, available within 6-hours for a 30-minute Triage Call (campers or staff), followed by a 60-minute Crisis Debrief & Strategy Session (with camp leader) within 24 hours after a crisis occurs. The five hours/month does not roll over to the next month. 

  • Additional hourly consulting (past the five hours included per month) is available for LEAD’s typical rate of $275/hour.

• One 60-minute post-season ​​MESH & DEI-JB Debrief in September with camp leaders and expert LEAD consultants.

Note: LEAD On-Call does NOT provide clinical diagnoses or therapeutic support to individuals, though our consultants will connect you, your staff, campers, and their families to the appropriate professionals and/or emergency help.

LEAD On-Call consultants include, but are not limited to:

• Kyrah J. Altman, CEO of LEAD, Inc.

• Simone Gamble, Founder of OAAARS

• Makela Elvy, M.Ed, Co-Founder of S’More Melanin

• Lisa Drennan, MERGE Diverse Abilities Inclusion Consulting

• Akash Altman, Campus Life Fellow & Special Assistant to the Vice President at Brown University

• Patty Burke, Certified Health & Life Coach, Director of Wellness of MindsetGo

• Chris Hudson, Director & Co-Founder of Camp Highlight

• Leslie Pogue, Chief Happy Officer of LP Speak & Author

LEAD On-Call - 24/7, Non-Clinical Crisis Support & Consultation

Duration: 5 hours/month from June through July 2022

Mental health and inclusion experts predict this summer to be the most mentally draining, violent, and difficult for campers and staff, that we've ever seen.

Who will you go to for triage support, consultation, and recommendations to move forward, when a camper or staff member experiences:

• a MESH (mental, emotional, and social health) crisis, like a panic attack, nonsuicidal self-injury, or suicidal ideation?

• severe homesickness or symptoms of mental illness, like anxiety, depression, ADHD, or a substance use disorder?

• discrimination, racism, or an identity-based microaggression?

• sexism, deadnaming or misgendering?

• abuse or neglect by a staff member or at home?

• collective trauma, like a peer making violent threats or fighting at camp?

Help any member of your camp community through their most daunting crises and challenges this summer.​ All retainers begin on the first day of​ your camp's​ in-person session or on a date of your choice.

Consultation with LEAD Industry Experts & Mental Health Clinicians

Target Audience: Camp & Program Directors

Mode: Virtually via Zoom

Duration: Five-Hour Minimum

LEAD can provide 1:1 ongoing and project-based consulting to aid camp partners with creating polls and evaluation tools to discover the biggest needs, interests, and programming goals of the community being served.

LEAD’s specialists will identify problem areas, challenges, and goals, make diagnoses and give recommendations, assist with implementation of recommended solutions, build a consensus and commitment around corrective action, and facilitate client learning—that is, teaching clients how to resolve similar problems in the future.

Examples of Ongoing Consulting include empowering camps to:

1. Maximize their current internal mental health and DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) training efforts.

2. Establish leadership buy-in for mental health and DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) training efforts and camp-wide culture shifts.

3. Strategize the build-out of meaningful mental health and burnout prevention programming for the next fiscal year.

Want even more? Visit LEAD’s Camp Resource Page for exclusive, FREE access to previously-recorded live mental health & DEI-related webinars, guides, blogs, and tools for summer camp professionals.

Examples of Project-Based Consulting include empowering camps to:

1. Create marketing materials to promote training and resources being provided to staff, thus promoting high attendance at all programming provided by LEAD and/or full-time staff in the future. 

2. Establish a Mental Health and/or DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) Committee and help it to diversify Camp Name’s client recruiting strategies, update internal policies and hiring protocols to be more equitable, and promote the mental health and wellbeing of camp professionals and campers.

3. Develop employee Resource Groups and help Camps support staff by providing a safe space where staff can bring their whole selves to the table and foster workplace success.

LEAD, Inc. has an experienced Board with clinical and camp wellness and diversity, equity, and inclusion experts, ensuring all training curricula are evidence-based, effective, safe, and tailored to the individuals being educated.

For more information about LEAD, watch our animated founding story and explore our team of staff and instructors. Moreover, read LEAD’s Statement of Inclusion and learn how we do the work because modeling self-care and an unfaltering commitment to DEI matter!