PHILADELPHIA – FullBloom, the nation’s leading child development platform, providing academic, behavioral, and mental health interventions and supports to K-12 schools, today announced the acquisition of CharacterStrong, a national provider of multi-tiered school-based mental health solutions, including innovative proprietary curricula and supporting resources, as well as programming and training for K-12 educators. CharacterStrong’s products address a critical need in K-12 education, providing measurable tools that allow educators to support students suffering from mental health challenges. The addition of CharacterStrong bolsters FullBloom’s ability to integrate academic, behavioral, and mental health programs and deliver more holistic, personalized solutions that are tailored to the needs of each student.
“We are excited to welcome CharacterStrong into the FullBloom family,” said Jeffrey Cohen, Chief Executive Officer of FullBloom. “We are focused on providing products and services that allow our school partners to personalize solutions for students who are struggling in school, and CharacterStrong is a perfect complement to our academic and behavioral intervention portfolio. Integrated solutions that consider a student’s academic, behavioral and mental health needs simultaneously are more likely to accelerate learning, reduce the total cost of treatment, and create safer schools for our students.”
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