No Saints Here

Claudette has worked in mental health for nearly three decades across many settings including acute psychiatric hospital, homeless shelters, schools and community practice. She teaches about mental health at Texas Woman’s University School of Occupational Therapy. She has served on multiple advisory boards, including the Federation of Families—Texas, National Wraparound Initiative, and the National Community of Practice on School Behavioral Health. She currently serves on advisories for the National Family Support Technical Assistance Center and the Advancing School Mental Health conference

Claudette became an occupational therapist, seeking to better support youth, families, and people living with mental illness in her community. Her search led her to communities of family advocates and other professionals who were developing best practices in mental health.

When Aaron died of an overdose in 2017, Claudette began transcribing his writing, combining her experience as his mom with evidence-based alternatives. No Saint’s Here: A Cautionary Tale of Mental Illness, Health, and the Cost of Ignorance in the Lone Star State pulls together their experiences and walks through evidence-based mental health practices in early childhood, school mental health, trauma, wraparound, mental health and substance use recovery, and restorative justice. 

Claudette has worked in mental health for nearly three decades across many settings including acute psychiatric hospital, homeless shelters, schools and community practice. She teaches about mental health at Texas Woman’s University School of Occupational Therapy. She has served on multiple advisory boards, including the Federation of Families—Texas, National Wraparound Initiative, and the National Community of Practice on School Behavioral Health. She currently serves on advisories for the National Family Support Technical Assistance Center and the Advancing School Mental Health conference.