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Make schools safer by improving access to mental health services.

Students often come to school with complex physical and mental health concerns or social service needs. Access to mental health services helps to create a positive school climate, prevents worsening of mental health conditions, and leads to better outcomes for students.

Mental health challenges are common among students. According to the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, up to 1 in 5 children living in the United States experience a mental disorder every year. Symptoms often start in early childhood, although some may develop during the teenage years.

By supporting students who are experiencing mental health challenges, schools can help foster a sense of safety and promote better academic and behavioral outcomes. Providing access to mental health services can reduce mental, emotional, and behavioral difficulties with students at risk.

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Featured Resources

These resources are a starting point for learning about mental health. Use these resources to support the mental health needs of your school community.

Guidance
Mental Health
National School Mental Health Projects

Department of Health and Human Services

This guidance helps states, school districts, and schools advance comprehensive school mental health, as well as engage in a planning process around implementation of services through the development of a national school mental health curriculum.

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All Mental Health Resources

The federal government identified additional resources that highlight strategies for school safety. Use these resources to learn more about mental health.

Guidance
Mental Health
Ready, Set, Go, Review: Screening for Behavioral Health Risk in Schools

Department of Health and Human Services, 2019

This guidance is designed to help schools through the process of developing comprehensive screening procedures, as well as provide readily available resources to facilitate the implementation of effective behavioral health screening in schools.

Guidance
Mental Health
Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools

Department of Health and Human Services

This guidance assists high schools and school districts in designing and implementing strategies to prevent suicide and promote behavioral health, including ways to implement a multifaceted suicide prevention program that responds to the needs and cultures of students.

Guidance
Mental Health
Parents for Healthy Schools: A Guide for Getting Parents Involved from K-12

Department of Health and Human Services

This guidance provides an overview of a healthy school environment with a focus on the school nutrition environment and services, physical education and physical activity, and managing chronic health conditions in schools; an overview of the framework for engaging parents in school health; and suggestions for how to use the resources.

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