If you are looking for resources on a specific topic, use the Center's Quick Finds.

The Gateway to a World or Resources for Enhancing MH in Schools & Student/Learning Supports is a links "map" that provides quick access to relevant organizations and a sample of journals/newsletters on the internet. It is also a tool to facilitate various forms of networking and to help analyze strengths, weaknesses, and gaps/inequities in available resources. This gateway can be the starting point for enhancing collaborative partnerships among key groups with overlapping interests related to mental health in schools.

For a description of this gateway and how it's organized, read the following. When you are ready to use the site, click on the section of the arch above to go to the links identified within that category .

The map represents the next generation (beyond lists of links) for guiding users quickly to sites that are most likely to meet their needs.

The five arenas of activity are encompassed:

I. "Comprehensive Focus on Mental Health in Schools

II. Concerns Related to Children's Severe Mental Health Disorders

III. Concerns Related to Children's Psychosocial Problems

IV. Positive Social/Emotional Development and Prevention of Psychosocial/MH Problems

V. Others Focused on Addressing Barriers to Learning and Development

Within each of these arenas, the following types of resources are mapped:

• Major Centers/Networks/Initiatives/Projects/Consumer Info Resources:   Major resources for information, services, and/or public education.
• Associations:  National organizations whose mission focuses on issues related to MH in schools. State and local associations can often be located through the national association website.
• Government Agencies:  Major federal government resources for information, services, and/or public education.
• E-Journals & Newsletters:   Electronic Journals (or E-Journals) are versions of print journals that are available online or periodicals distributed through the internet.