May is Mental Health Month!

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May is Mental Health Month, !

Join us throughout the month of May as we celebrate advances in mental health, raise awareness of mental health, and partner with organizations working to support school mental health. In addition to Mental Health Month, we also acknowledge:

May 1-7: Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
May 1-7: Teacher Appreciation Week

Join us for the following events and resources!

The Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity (CIE) Well-Being Information and Strategies for Educators (WISE), CIE WISE for short, is a Companion to ClassroomWISE. 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 is a 4-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 action steps for educators to support students experiencing distress from a cultural inclusiveness, anti-racist and equity lens. CIE WISE will be available soon! Modules include:

Understanding How Social Injustice Impact Student Mental Health
Understanding How Educator Bias Impacts Student Mental Health
Engaging in Culturally Inclusive Action to Promote Student Mental Health
Applying a Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity Lens to Support Students in Distress

School Mental Health Virtual Learning Series Webinar

Join us Wednesday, 5/4, at 3pm ET for Cultural Responsiveness, Anti-Racism, and Equity (CARE) Best Practices in School Mental Health - Universal Mental Health Promotion (Tier 1), featuring Caryn Curry, LCSW, and Tarah Gill, PhD.

Mental Health Month Twitter Chat, May 25, 8-9pm ET

The NCSMH is partnering with Maryland-based children's mental health organizations to share information and resources and connect with each other and YOU! Join us on twitter from anywhere in the world for this exciting event.

General Resources for Mental Health Month and

Children's Mental Health Awareness & Acceptance

Resources & Readings for Teacher Appreciation Week

Mental Health Month Trainings & Webinars

Wednesdays in May, 1-2p ET. National Mental Health Awareness Month Webinars - The US HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing and SAMHSA.
5/2, 5/4, & 5/9, 2-4p ET. Responding to the Current Youth Mental Health Crisi s - The Forum for Children's Well-Being.
5/5, 1-2p ET. Supporting Families of LGBTQ+ Students - The Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity. Register for CEUs, CMEs, or without credit.
5/5, 1-2p ET. Peer Support for Youth and Families - National Training & Technical Assistant Center and Youth MOVE National.
5/11, 2-3p ET. Screening & Assessment: Best Practices for Youth and Families by the Child- and Family- Focused Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Learning Community - The Institute for Innovation and Implementation at the University of Maryland School of Social Work
5/18, 12-1p ET. Safety Planning for LGBTQ+ Students - The Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity. Register for CEUs, CMEs, or without credit.
5/18, 1:30-2:30p ET. Important Strategies for Working with Families of LGBTQ+ Children - The Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity.

2022 School Mental Health Awards

Do you know an individual, team, program, or organization making a difference in the field of school mental health for youth? Submit your nominations by Friday July 29, 2022. Nominations should be external, meaning no self-nominations and no nominations for an employee of the NCSMH. Nominations must include a description of the nominee's contributions to enhance policy, research, or practice in school mental health. Awardees will be recognized on Friday, October 14, 2022 during the Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health. View our awards flier or submit a nomination. Awards include the:

Juanita Cunningham Evans Memorial Award
School Mental Health Champion Award
School Mental Health Research Award
Youth and Family Partnership Award

National Center for Safe Supportive Schools

Safe Supportive Schools promote well-being and equity for all school staff and students by implementing comprehensive school mental health systems with policies and practices that are trauma-informed and culturally responsive. The mission of the National Center for Safe Supportive Schools (NCS3) is to provide states, districts, and schools with the knowledge and tools to implement culturally responsive, trauma-informed policies and practices that promote equity and well-being.

The SHAPE System

The School Health Assessment and Performance Evaluation (SHAPE) system is a public-access, web-based platform that offers schools, districts, entities, and state/territories s a workspace and targeted resources to support school mental health quality improvement. SHAPE houses the National School Mental Health Profile and the School Mental Health Quality Assessment (SMH-QA). These measures are designed for team completion at the school or district level to document the school mental health system components, assess the comprehensiveness of a SMH system, prioritize quality improvement efforts and track improvement over time.

Mental Health Student Services Act

Before the pandemic, 1 in 5 children had a mental disorder, but only about 20 percent of them received care from a mental health provider, according to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention data. The need has grown while mental health care is harder to access than ever. Learn more about the Mental Health Services for Students Act.

-The National Center for School Mental Health

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