Mental Health

Welcome to the mental health section of the NASBHC website. Here we have a number of resources to help improve and expand mental health services – whether in your school-based health center (SBHC), school, district, or state!

Mental health in schools is complicated business. In order to assist you, below you will find materials and information related to planning and implementing school mental health services:

Mental Health in SBHCs – National statistics, resources, and tools related specifically to mental health services in a SBHC.

Mental Health in Schools – General information and resources about school mental health, how it is defined, and the benefits and rationale for having mental health services in schools.

Quality Assessment and Improvement – The what, why, and how of quality assessment and improvement in school mental health. NASBHC’s Mental Health Planning and Evaluation Template, is highlighted as a quality assessment and improvement tool for your SBHC and/or school.

Marketing School Mental Health – Information and communications materials related to "making the case" for school mental health to educators.

System Level Planning – Information about how to advance school mental health at the district or state level.

School Mental Health Training Modules – Four self-directed training modules to use in school mental health training and strategic planning.

School Mental Health Resources – Resource pages that corresponds to one or more of the thirty-four indicators on the Mental Health Planning and Evaluation Template.

Web Resources – Web sites of organizations that provide a range of school mental health training and technical assistance resources.