Anyone who works in a school setting keenly feels the impact of COVID-19 on youth and families. They can remember the exhaustion and dysfunction that rippled out during the pandemic, and they can still see it today. The School Behavioral Health Academy (SBHA) responded to the youth mental health crisis by creating an online learning management…

Student mental health is a concern across all sectors of postsecondary education as today's college students are presenting to campus with higher amounts of psychopathology than ever before. In 2019, the NASPA Vice President for Student Affairs Census found that student mental health was ranked the number one issue by 750 chief student affairs…

School health programs can be relevant and informative but students must be involved in their planning and curriculums must be periodically reviewed. Provides additional guides for developing an effective school health program. (RK)

The program was to offer service with the goal of promoting growth and development by giving students the opportunity to explore the problems that were interfering with studies, work, and relations with family and friends. Emphasis was to be placed on providing crisis services. The highest degree of confidentiality was to be maintained. (Author)

This document is intended to assist schools in developing a comprehensive and multifaceted continuum of mental health programs and services. Following an introductory discussion of the scope of the problem, part 1 examines definitional concerns that must be resolved over time. Part 2 provides a general rationale for mental health services in…

The social, mental and physical health of children in target Minneapolis Schools has been carefully studied. The intent of this project was to design and implement a program which would improve health. This report discusses the progress of the project for the first year. The project's activities centered around planning, needs assessment and…