School Mental Health Capacity Building Partnership

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• School Mental Health Capacity Building Partnership

A project funded by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent
and School Health (DASH)
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We ENVISION

• schools and communities working together to
  ensure that all children and adolescents have
  access to health care.

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We BELIEVE

• schools are an excellent and time-proven place to
  provide health care.

We REPRESENT

• those who support, receive and provide health
  care in schools and school-connected programs

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We ADVOCATE

• for national and state policies, programs and
  funding that sustain, grow and integrate
  school-based health care into our nations health
  care and education systems.

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We PROVIDE

• Leadership, resources, technical assistance to
  enable school-based health centers to
• deliver high quality services,
• become financially stable, and
• play an active role in public policy.

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Promoting School Mental Health through
Capacity Building to State and Local Education
Agencies (SEAs and LEAs)
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Centers for Disease Control Why School Mental
Health?

• national strategy to prevent and reduce health
  problems among youth
• mental health is closely associated with risk
  factors
• most young people are enrolled in school.

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Capacity Building Assistanceto SEAs LEAs

• Definition
• transmission of the knowledge, skills, expertise,
  and attitudes that strengthen core competencies
• essential for improving the delivery,
  effectiveness and sustainability of school mental
  health programs

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Core Competencies for SEAs LEAs

• Assess needs and resources
• Use evaluation and surveillance data
• Implement culturally appropriate policies,
  programs, and services
• Participate in coalitions and partnerships
• Measure progress
• Involve family members
• Communicate program successes.

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Mechanisms for Capacity Building Assistance

• May include but not limited to
• provision of information
• professional development
• technical assistance

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Steering Committee Members

• John Schlitt (co-chair), Linda Juszczak, and
  Laura Brey, NASBHC
• Mark Weist (co-chair), CSMHA
• Jane A. Walker, Maryland Coalition of Families
  for Childrens Mental Health
• Carl E. Paternite and Paul Flaspohler, Center for
  School-Based Mental Health Programs, Ohio
• Jim Koller and Karen Weston, Center for
  Advancement of Mental Health Practices in
  Schools, Missouri
• Joanne Cashman, IDEA Partnership
• TJ Cosgrove, Youth Health Services, Seattle-King
  County Department of Public Health

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Project Management Team

• Laura Hurwitz
• School Mental Health Project Director, NASBHC
• lhurwitz_at_nasbhc.org
• Sharon Stephan
• Director of Research Analyses, CSMHA
• sstephan_at_psych.umaryland.edu
• Linda Juszczak
• Deputy Director, NASBHC
• ljuszczak_at_nasbhc.org
• Laura Brey
• Director of Technical Assistance, NASBHC
• lbrey_at_nasbhc.org

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Goal 1

• Strengthen collaborative national efforts to
  improve mental health services in schools by
  increasing intersections between mental health,
  health, and schools.

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Goal 2

• Develop, organize and synthesize key documents
  and resources related to best practices for SEA
  and LEA improvement and expansion of effective
  SMH services.

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expanded school mental health
PBIS
Safe Schools, Healthy Students
Community of Practice
Special education
Systems of Care
Crisis management
Social and Emotional learning
School linked
Multiculturalism
Shared agenda
NCLB
Family support services
Cultural competence
Risk and protective factors
Strengths based
School based
Multi system approach
Student Support Services
Assets building
Integrated Service Delivery
IDEA
School climate
Pupil Support Services
School connectedness
Evidence based practice
Coordinated school health program
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Goal 3

• Provide technical assistance, resources and
  professional development to aid SEAs and LEAs
  in implementing effective school mental health
  programs.

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Mental Health, Health and Schools

• Expand national collaborations in school mental
  health to include representatives from the health
  sector
• (e.g. primary care, public health, health
  education, school nursing, and school based
  health care)

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School Health Representatives

• Rosa Bautista, Childrens Aid Society, New York
• Mike Palanza, Wilmington Health Access for Teens,
  North Carolina
• Dan Rifkin, University of New Mexico, New Mexico
• Evelyn Wilson, Missouri Dept. of Health and
  Senior Services, Missouri
• Barbara Wise, Keifer Mercy Health Center, Ohio
• Kathleen Wise, Dorchester County Health Dept.,
  Maryland

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Mental Health, Health and Schools

• Expand and strengthen the capacity of NASBHC to
  address the mental health needs of the
  school-based health care field
• Conducting a national scan of initiatives/models
  that integrate mental health, health and schools.

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Mental Health, Health and Schools

• Strengthen the mental health component of the
  Coordinated School Health Program Model.

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Coordinated School Health Program
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Learning from States

• Maryland
• Missouri
• Ohio
• Oregon
• Shared mental health/education/family agenda
• Strong state level collaboration
• Vision of how to integrate health into school
  mental health agenda

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Collaborating with the Community of Practice

• Gather and disseminate information, resources and
  tools
• Share key documents and materials
• Participate in Practice Groups
• Utilize capacity of sharedwork.org for web-based
  learning

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Stakeholder Feedback

• Guided conversations with four states
• Which dimensions have greatest impact?
• In which dimensions is your state a leader?
• Which technical assistance methods would have
  greatest impact?
• National scan of resources and information on
  school mental health.
• Where do you get your resources?

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• Laura Hurwitz
• School Mental Health Project Director
• LHurwitz_at_nasbhc.org
• 202-638-5872, x205
• 1-888-286-8727 - toll free