Subject: Register for the Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health & Finish #MentalHealthMonth!

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We have one more week of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth!

So many exciting and important events have happened and resources have been shared, but Mental Health Awareness Month is not over yet! We will continue to raise awareness of mental health and partner with organizations working to support school mental health. Follow along on social media with the hashtags #MentalHealthMonth and #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth.

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Register for the virtual 2022

Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health!

Each year, the Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health brings together leaders, practitioners, researchers, and other stakeholders in the school mental health field to share the latest research, best practice, and innovation. The conference emphasizes a shared family-school-community agenda to bring high-quality, evidence-based mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention to students and families as part of a multi-tiered system of supports. The theme of this year’s conference is The Three Rs: Reflect, Recover, Renew.


Registration Costs

General

  • Early Bird Fee (until August 31) - $150

  • Standard (by September 30) - $175

  • Late (after October 01) - $195

Presenters & Advisory Board Members

  • $150

Students (must include a copy of student identification with registration)

  • $75


Visit our website for the agenda, registration information, and presenter information. We hope to see you there!


Thank you,

The NCSMH team

REGISTER

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

Youth Mental Health: A Washington Post Life Conversation

May 25, 12pm ET

Rates of children and young adults presenting at emergency departments for self-harm and suicidal thoughts are on the rise. And a recent report warned that the pandemic has exacerbated the mental health concerns already facing young people. On Wednesday, May 25 at 12:00pm ET, join Washington Post Live for a series of conversations with Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), NEA President Becky Pringle, and Miana Bryant, founder of The Mental Elephant, about how the last two years have impacted youth mental health, the role that social media plays and how the government is tackling the overall problem. Register here for this event!

Mental Health Month Twitter Chat

May 25, 8 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.

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:

  1. Understanding How Social Injustice Impact Student Mental Health

  2. Understanding How Educator Bias Impacts Student Mental Health

  3. Engaging in Culturally Inclusive Action to Promote Student Mental Health

  4. Applying a Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity Lens to Support Students in Distress

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.

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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