Embedding MH into Student/Learning Supports
For many years, our Center’s policy analyses have stressed that all endeavors to expand mental health in schools need to be embedded into a broad concept such as Learning Supports as an essential step in countering the continuing marginalization of such efforts.
For a discussion of this, see the following brief documents: Schools and Mental Health: A Position Statement Time for Straight Talk about Mental Health Services and MH in Schools Embedding Mental Health into a Learning Supports Component: An Essential Step for the Field to Take Now About Student Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic Mental Health in School: An Overview Safe Schools and Mental Health: More of the Same or an Opportunity to Really Improve Schools New Directions Mental Health in Schools: Moving in New Directions For an in-depth discussion of the opportunity to advance mental health in schools during the current crisis and beyond, see Embedding Mental Health as Schools Change For more on this, see: Frequently Asked Questions about Mental Health in Schools Frequently Asked Questions from the Media about Mental Health in Schools Mental Health in Schools: An Overview A Sample of Center Analyses of MH in Schools A Sampling of Traditional References on School MH (from the Center's Quick Find Collection) Return for more information About the Center at UCLA Contact WebMaster: Perry Nelson (smhp@ucla.edu)