Erasing Barriers to Learning February 2012

Welcome to the first monthly issue of "Erasing Barriers to Learning" by the West Virginia Expanded School Mental Health Initiative—a partnership between the WV Department of Education, WV Department of Health & Human Resources, parents and professionals.

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Toolkit #1: How is your school infrastructure?

The district leadership, school leadership team—and most crucially, the school principal—can build a comprehensive foundation to support achievement by all students, with a few principles and structures...

Read the full article...

Check Out Toolkit #2: Positive Behavior Support

A variety of school-wide programs address behavior and social skills. How does your school stack up?

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Video Clip of the Month

Statewide Perspectives on mental health and school success, featuring representatives from the WV Department of Education, Office of Healthy Schools and Office of School Improvement.

Part 1 of 5 clips produced by the West Virginia Expanded School Mental Health Initiative

View the 3-minute video...

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“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 and other community partners

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