MENTAL HEALTH

Mental Health

The team at Washington Latin believes that part of our mission is to ensure the health and well-being of our students so that they can not only learn but also pursue a fuller humanity. Our Student Support Services Department reflects our commitment to mental health at Latin. Our team includes several counselors, and all students may access these services!

If you need assistance, whether for the first time or as a regular in our suite on campus, please reach out to the team, either directly or using the big gold button. We want to hear from you!

Middle School Counselors

5th Grade – Avant Griffith
6th Grade –  Joe Green
7th Grade – Tiffany Bufort-Odom & Carllistus Obeng
8th Grade – Dayla Tucker

Upper School Counselors

9th Grade – Carllistus Obeng
10th Grade – Tiffany Bufort-Odom
11th Grade – Hope Foster
12th Grade – Jazmyne Keane

We encourage students and parents to reach out to this team to receive support or just ask questions!

Carllistus Obeng, M.Ed

Director of Mental Health & School Psychologist 

cobeng@latinpcs.org

Jazmyne Keane, LGSW

Social Worker

jkeane@latinpcs.org

Hope Foster, MSW

Social Worker

hfoster@latinpcs.org

Tiffany Bufort-Odom, LPC, NCC

Director of Integrated Services & LEA McKinney Vento Liaison

tbufort@latinpcs.org

Avant Griffith, MA, LGPC, NCC

School Counselor

agriffith@latinpcs.org

Joe Green, MA

School Counselor

jgreen@latinpcs.org

Dayla Tucker, MSW

Assistant Director of Integrated Services & McKinney Vento Liaison School-Based 

dtucker@latinpcs.org

Nina Arroyo Santiago, LGSW

School-Based Therapist

nsantiago@latinpcs.org

Carllistus Obeng, M.Ed

Director of Mental Health & School Psychologist 

cobeng@latinpcs.org

Jazmyne Keane, LGSW

Social Worker

jkeane@latinpcs.org

Hope Foster, MSW

Social Worker

hfoster@latinpcs.org

Tiffany Bufort-Odom, LPC, NCC

Director of Integrated Services & LEA McKinney Vento Liaison

tbufort@latinpcs.org

Avant Griffith, MA, LGPC, NCC

School Counselor

agriffith@latinpcs.org

Joe Green, MA

School Counselor

jgreen@latinpcs.org

Dayla Tucker, MSW

Assistant Director of Integrated Services & McKinney Vento Liaison School-Based 

dtucker@latinpcs.org

Nina Arroyo Santiago, LGSW

School-Based Therapist

narroyosantiago@latinpcs.org

Resources Highlight

Operation Parent started when a group of parents, needed help and couldn’t find one central source for trustworthy, practical information on the tough day-to-day issues.  This website was created that is platform-sourced with “must know” materials for our Latin parents raising teens and preteens, curated from leading experts and the experiences of its founding parents.

The culture is changing even more rapidly now and the goal at Operation Parent is to keep up with those changes and pass along the information parents need to know to keep their children healthy and safe.  By providing this information, parents can

  • Raise their awareness and confidence
  • Initiate meaningful conversations with your child(ren)
  • Set age appropriate boundaries
  • Be familiar with early warning signs of internet “addiction” and more
  • Prevent addiction, bullying, suicide, violence and more

In conjunction with the Operation Parent website, here’s a video from Dr. Clifford Sussman, MD, a leading Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist based in Friendship Heights, that helps teaches parents how to manage the screen time challenges of home confinement.