Four key messages to supporting mental health:

1. Single System of Delivery

• One committed and functional team guides the work, using data sources at all three tiers

• Evidence Based Practices/Interventions integrated at each tier

• Plan to build capacity across staff

  • Training and coaching in place for ALL staff (community and school employed)

  • Staff are competent and confident in identifying, intervening, and/or referring

2. Access is NOT enough

• Interventions matched to presenting problem using data and are monitored for fidelity and impact

• Teams and staff are explicit about the types of interventions students receive

• Skills acquired during interventions are supported by ALL staff

3. Mental Health is for ALL

• Positive school climate and culture serves as a protective factor.

• Social/emotional/behavioral health is addressed with the same level of attention and concern as academics.

• Social behavior skills taught and reinforced by ALL staff across ALL settings, and embedded in ALL curriculum.

• Behavior and social emotional examples used to explicitly teach what behaviors look like and sound like across school settings.

4. Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is Essential to Install School Mental Health

• Apply data-based decision making

• Formal process for selecting and implementing evidence-based practices

• Ensure early access to supports

• Progress monitor for both fidelity and impact

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