School Mental Health Resources

Center for Mental health in Schools at UCLA
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu
This national Center works to improve outcomes for young people by enhancing policies, programs, and practices relevant to MH in school.  Anyone interested can use the Center to access, online, a wealth of leadership training institutes and network with many others with shared interests.

Center for School Based Mental Health Programs (CSBMHP)-Miami University-Ohio
http://www.units.muohio.edu/csbmhp/
An important goal of this Center is to build collaborative relationships with schools and community agencies to address the mental health and school success of children and adolescents through the promotion of expanded school mental health programs and services.  As a university-based Center, CSBMHP is committed to ongoing applied research, preservice education of future clinicians, in in-service training of educators and mental health professionals, and direct clinical and consultative service.  The website offers users information about their programs.

Center for School Mental Health (CSMH)-University of Maryland, Baltimore
http://csmha.umaryland.edu
This national Center seeks to strengthen policies and programs in school mental health to improve learning and promote success for America’s youth.  Through participation in and development of a broad and growing Community of Practice, the Center analyzes diverse sources of information, develops and disseminates policy briefs, and promotes the utilization of knowledge and actions to advance successful and innovative mental health policies and programs in schools.  The Center works with the wide range of stakeholders invested in integrated approaches to reduce barriers to student learning, including families, youth, educators, mental health and other child system staff, advocates, legislators, researchers and government officials.

Missouri-Center for the Advancement of Mental Health Practices in Schools
http://schoolmentalhealth.missouri.edu/about.htm
The Center was established through a partnership between the Missouri Department of Mental Health and the MU Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology to respond to the shift in the priorities of federal and state agencies pertaining to policy, practice and research concerning child and adolescent mental health.  The center collaborates with diverse stakeholders and programs across the nation to address the mental health needs of youth.  They provide resources, professional development trainings, and access to presentations and publications through the internet site.

The Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health-University of South Florida
http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu
The Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health works to strengthen the empirical foundation for effective systems of care, and improve services for children with serious emotional or behavioral disorders and their families.  This mission is addressed through an integrated set of research, training, consultation, and dissemination activities.  A key school mental health resource was developed by Deputy Directors Duchnowski and Kutash, and Nancy Lynn:School-Based Mental Health: An Empirical Guide for Decision-Makers.  This guide, which is available online provides practical information and advice for those engaged in developing and implementing effective evidence-based services in the school setting.
http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/rtcpubs/study04/

SchoolMental Health.org
www.schoolmentalhealth.org
This initiative is funded by The Baltimore City Health Department and is led by faculty and staff from the University of Maryland’s Center for School mental health (CSMH).  This website developed offers practical and east –to-access mental health resources for clinicians, educators, families, and students.  Resources provided offer information on best practice in school mental health and have a particular focus on advancing evidence-based practice.

SharedWork.org
Together, the IDEA Partnership and the Center for School Mental Health (CSMH) have created a mechanism, for the exchange of information and the ability to pursue a shared agenda.  A website, www.sharedwork.org, sponsored by the IDEA Partnership offers a mechanism for communication and collaboration.  It provides a space for the National Community on Practice on Collaborative School Behavioral Health and its 10 associated Practice Groups to work together to advance school mental health.  Through the website, there is a listserv mechanism that offers opportunities for public communication, community announcements, summaries of practice group work, and requests for comments.  The website assists Practice Groups with achieving their goals including:defining critical issues, creating a repository of key online documents, communicating and active collaborating to advance topics, defining new shared work, developing a conference strand for the CSMH’s 12th Annual Conference on School Mental Health, and creating at least one tool or document for the field that is collaboratively developed.

University of Missouri-Columbia
Online Educational Specialist Degree (EdSp)
http://schoolmentalhealth.missouri.edu/edsp.htm
The online educational specialist degree with a focus in mental health is designed for professionals who work with children and adolescents in the schools, and have completed a master’s degree program in a related field.  This program is designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills to address the significant mental health issues facing today’s schools.  Professionals will gain awareness of mental health issues and how they affect student academic performance and social interaction.  Professionals will also learn skills to promote positive mental health, encourage positive social emotional development and increase student learning.  In addition, the program is designed to provide professionals with the awareness and skills to promote their own resilience and mental well-being.

Supporting Children's Mental Health Matters - The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) has created this electronic 'Success In School/Skills for Life' Online Resource Kit to help schools provide parents easy access to basic information about their children's academic, emotional, and social development. School psychologists are trained to identify and help address a wide range of issues that can impact a child's school experience. They are an important resource for parents, teachers, and students.