OCCAP honors Lynne Saxton with Child Advocate of the Year award
ChristieCare’s Chief Executive Officer, Lynne Saxton has been honored by The Oregon Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (OCCAP) with their Child Advocate of the Year award. The ceremony took place Saturday, February 7th at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital at Oregon Health Sciences University.
This award is an acknowledgement and endorsement of the daily work done at ChristieCare to create and deliver mental health solutions to children and families. This is the second award a ChristieCare employee has been honored with recently, the first being the Excellence in Mental Health Award, given by the Addictions and Mental Health Division of the Oregon Department of Human Services, and awarded in October of 2008 to ChristieCare Program Manager, Sommer Wolcott for her work at Mosaic, a program which serves youth transitioning out of the children’s mental health system. The Child Advocate of the Year award serves as a ringing confirmation of ChristieCare’s pursuit of its mission to create and deliver mental health solutions for children and families by its investment in the best-practice treatment models of Re-Education, education integration with mental health treatment, Trauma Informed Care, Cultural Proficiency and Wraparound, and our dedication to pursuing the highest standard of care for the children and families we serve.
Among other things, the Child Advocate of the Year award represents Lynne’s tireless efforts during her six year tenure at ChristieCare to advance children’s mental health to priority status at the state and community level. The award also honors Lynne’s efforts toward improved quality of care and reimbursement for mental health services; including her work spearheading the 2008 Cost Study, her service on the Board of Directors, NeuroPsychiatric Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University and her position on Oregon’s Statewide Wraparound Steering Committee (as appointed by Governor Kulongoski).
Lynne’s advocacy for and devotion to the cause of children’s mental health is perfectly in line with ChistieCare’s 150 years of work serving Oregon’s children and families. ChristieCare is committed to working as a catalyst and in partnership with families, mental health professionals, educators, employers and other community-based organizations to increase understanding of the problems affecting our children and families and to provide the treatment critical for successful recovery and resilience.
Photo: ChristieCare C.E.O. Lynne Saxton