SMSMP / School Enrollment Placement & Assessment (S.E.P.A.) Center

School Enrollment Placement and Assessment (S.E.P.A.) Center

Providing medical services, health, and social services resources to students and siblings. Serving all populations free of charge, with or without insurance.

Services include:
• Assistance with the School Enrollment process
• Physicals/School Entry Exams/Sports Physicals
• Immunizations and TB testing (for students/volunteers)
• Enrollment in Health Insurance Programs
• Mental Health Services (Crisis Counseling  & Agency Referrals for students and adults)
• Support with all related school matters

Psychological First Aid: Supportive Strategies for School Staff, Parents, and Caregivers on how to Address Immigration Matters

Recent immigration news on deportations has triggered many strong emotions for staff, students, families and community members throughout the District and across the nation. As school staff, parents, and caregivers we play a critical role in promoting a sense of safety and healing the divisiveness that may permeate our schools and communities.

Program Objectives

• Assist students and families with the enrollment process and coordinates with schools for
immediate enrollment

• Provide families with information and assist with obtaining resources or referrals needed

• Monitor the needs of students and families and collaborates with LAUSD and non-LAUSD
service providers to ensure the necessary resources are available and utilized

Program Staff

The staff at the center consists of a coordinator, a pupil service and attendance counselor (PSA), a school psychiatric social worker (PSW), a nurse practitioner, a medical assistant, an immunization nurse, a Children’s Health Access and Medi-Cal Program (CHAMP) advocate, two interpreter aides and an office technician.

The coordinator oversees the services offered through the S.E.P.A. Center and throughout the District and provides advocacy, training, outreach to students, families, schools and the community.

• The PSA case manages students to prevent delays in enrollment, educate and offers guidance
regarding student/parent rights, responsibilities and attendance laws

• The PSW assesses students/families for trauma and provides mental health interventions and
referrals

• The PSA and PSW provide unaccompanied youth with referrals to legal organizations for legal
services

• The Nurse Practitioner takes patient histories, performs physical exams, orders labs, analyzes
lab results, prescribes medicines, authorizes treatments and educates patients and families on continued care

• The immunization nurse reviews the immunization records, determines the need and vaccinates
the students

• The CHAMP advocate provides information and assists families with enrollment into health
insurance plans

• The classified staff welcomes the families and provides translation to students and families for
school enrollment, assist those with limited written skills, makes appointments, answers calls
and assists with maintaining data

This doctor treats LAUSD’s new immigrant arrivals. She was once one of them.

This summer's headlines were dominated by news of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. The separation is likely to cause lasting trauma for these young immigrants.

For additional information, please contact

1339 Angelina Street,

Los Angeles, CA. 90026

Monday - Friday

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Appointment/Walk-in Immunizations (last walk-in at 2 p.m.)

Physicals by appointment only

To schedule an appointment or for questions call:
(213) 482-3954

Located near Temple St. and North East Edgeware Rd. on the grounds of Plasencia Elementary. On Angelina Street, proceed up the stairs to the entrance of the S.E.P.A. Center.

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