An Emerging Best Practice – Universal Mental Health Screening (Part 2)
Shelley outlines the initial steps critical to implementing your first UMHS - working with your school team and community mental health partners to prepare for your event.
Hope Squad: Structured Peer Support
Hope Squad is an evidence- and research-based, peer-support program shown to improve school culture, destigmatize mental health challenges, and, ultimately, to save lives.
An Emerging Best Practice – Universal Mental Health Screening (Part 1)
An introduction to Universal Mental Health Screening (UMHS), an emerging best practice similar to other school-based health screenings, like scoliosis, BMI, vision, and hearing.
Resource: Model District Template for Recognition, Screening and Response
OSPI's Model District Template for Student Social, Emotional, and Behavioral, and Mental Health Recognition, Screening, and Response document is intended to provide a template to district and building administrators and student support professionals.
Resource: Crisis Lines
Help is Available 24/7! Share these numbers with students, parents and colleagues: 988 Suicide and Crisis Line, Crisis Text Line 741741, Teen Link, and Teen Line.