West Virginia Educators Speak
About Mental Health – Part 3
Tips on planning, building and sustaining a school based mental health partnership in your community,
This clip features representatives from WV Department of Education's Office of Healthy Schools and Office of School Improvement, as well as local school systems in West Virginia.
Part 3 of 5 clips produced by the West Virginia Expanded School Mental Health InitiativeView the 6-minute video...
Link to the five-clip video series
West Virginia Foundation of Learning Supports - Featured Toolkits for April:
Toolkit # 5: School Climate
A positive school climate can affect many positive outcomes such as academics, attendance, suspension rates, vandalism and bullying. Find recommended tools to assess and improve your school's climate.
A positive school climate can affect many positive outcomes such as academics, attendance, suspension rates, vandalism and bullying. Find recommended tools to assess and improve your school's climate.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies six strategies that teachers, administrators, school staff, and parents can use to increase the extent to which students feel connected to school. Read the full article.
“Expanded school mental health” refers to programs that build on core services typically provided by schools. Expanded School Mental Health is a framework that:
- includes the full continuum of prevention, early intervention and treatment
- serves all students
- emphasizes shared responsibility between schools, mental health service providers and other community partners
We look forward to hearing from you - if you have questions or comments, email us at info@wvshtac.org.
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