School Mental Health

Functional Contextual Thinking (FCT) is a framework for addressing school related internalized and externalized problem behaviors by selecting effective strategies and supports for students. FCT is a user-friendly, brief, and informal method designed to quickly help school professionals hypothesize the function of the student’s behavior as part of their regular practice. Responding to challenging behaviors based on the scientific understanding of behavior rather than pre-existing assumptions will lead to better outcomes for students.

Each module of this 3-hour course introduces new content and builds skills in a step-by-step fashion, along with opportunities to practice and helpful resources. Throughout the modules, application examples and case scenarios help attendees practice the use of the FCT framework. Strategies are provided to minimize and discourage problem behavior and teach replacement skills.

This course was developed by the Northeast and Caribbean Health Technology Transfer Center with funding by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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The Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity (CIE) Well-Being Information and Strategies for Educators (WISE), CIE WISE for short, is a Companion to ClassroomWISE (found in the same course category). This training is intended for educators who want to know more about how to support the mental health needs of students through use of classroom practices that are culturally inclusive and equitable.

CIE WISE has four modules and is a 2-hour, self-paced, educator mental health literacy course, developed by a partnership between the MHTTC Network, the Danya Institute, and the National Center for School Mental Health.

This course presents foundational knowledge on how social injustices and educator biases impact student mental health; describes how educators can engage in culturally inclusive action to promote student mental health and it provides concrete actionable steps for educators to support students experiencing distress from a cultural inclusiveness, anti-racist and equity lens.

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This 12 hour course offers recommendations to cultivate a compassionate school community that will buffer against the negative effects of trauma, build resilience for all students, and provide stress-relief and enhanced well-being for teachers and other school personnel as well as students.

Participants will learn how to implement the Compassionate School Mental Health model being used to enhance services to schools and districts in the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center's Childhood Trauma-Learning Collaborative. Learn about the neurobiology of trauma and toxic stress, how it affects staff and student well-being, and best practices for preventing, responding to, and alleviating the effects of trauma. Get guidance on developing a vision to transform into a compassionate school community that includes the voices of many stakeholders. Gain understanding of how a compassionate school mental health support system can help schools create systems, policies, and protocols to prevent, address, and recover from tragedies and crises including staff or student suicide, school violence, natural disasters, and global pandemics.

All of these activities, including case studies, will allow for knowledge application and prepare participants to consider implications for schoolwide implementation.

This course was developed by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center with funding by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

12 hour Certificate of Completion Available

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Educators and school personnel play a vital role in promoting mental health and well-being and identifying and responding to emerging mental illness in children and adolescents. Classroom WISE (Well-Being Information and Strategies for Educators) is a 5-hour, self-paced, educator mental health literacy course, developed by the MHTTC Network, in partnership with the National Center for School Mental Health. It presents concrete, universal approaches to promoting student mental health and creating safe and supportive classroom environments, describes student behaviors that may indicate a mental health concern, and provides specific skills and strategies to engage and support students with mental health concerns. Modules average about 50 minutes each (50x6= 300 min= 5 hours). This course includes a high-impact video series and resource collection also available on our website, www.classroomwise.org.

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The purpose of this 6-hour course is to build capacity of frontline interdisciplinary school personnel to address the mental health needs of children and youth in schools by embedding strategies throughout the day using a multi-tiered approach. Participants will learn how to implement Every Moment Counts model programs and embedded strategies (www.everymomentcounts.org). Emphasis is on knowledge translation and implementation of evidence-based mental health promotion and prevention strategies within a Community of Practice (CoP). Individuals can take the course and will be prepared to implement their own CoP if they choose.

This course was developed by the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network with funding by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in collaboration with Every Moment Counts.

6.0 Contact-Hour Certificate of Completion Available

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This course is available for educators and mental health professionals interested in developing skills to promote positive identity in Indigenous youth. Participants will be able to articulate an understanding of US history and its implications on Native Americans including its impact on Indigenous youth today, understand the relationship between positive self-identity and mental health, and demonstrate the ability to apply strategies to support positive identity of Indigenous youth. 

This online course was created by the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) with support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

7 Contact Hour Certificate Available

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