Subject: There's still time to register! The virtual 2021 Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health

The virtual 2021 Annual Conference

on Advancing School Mental Health

October 14-15, 2021


Registration includes access to two days of live keynotes, conference sessions, symposia, and posters, in addition to a library of pre-recorded conference sessions. Continuing education credits are available.

Keynote Speakers

Overcoming the Collective Trauma of the Pandemic: Creating Healing-Centered, Safe, Supportive, and Equitable Schools

Keynote Address

Thursday October 14, 12:00pm ET


Joyce Dorado, PhD

Director and Co-Founder, UCSF HEARTS (Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools)

Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

University of California San Francisco at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Lead Curriculum Developer, SFDPH Trauma Informed Systems Initiative and Trauma Transformed Regional Center

Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Schools, Students and School Staff Now

Keynote Panel

Friday, October 15, 12:00pm ET

  • Jill Bohnenkamp, PhD, Assistant Professor, National Center for School Mental Health

  • Anne Bowles, MS, Program Director, Student Centered Learning, Council of Chief State School Officers

  • Alex Mays, MS, Senior National Program Director, Healthy Schools Campaign

The theme of this year’s conference is School Mental Health: Moving Forward Together. 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.

Registration Costs

General

  • $195

Speaker & Advisory Board

  • $150

Student (must include copy of student identification with registration)

  • $75


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


Thank you,

The NCSMH team

This conference is hosted by the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH; funded in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration). If you have any questions, please contact NCSMH at 410-706-0980 or ncsmh@som.umaryland.edu. To view brochures or presentations from previous years, please visit schoolmentalhealth.org/conferences.