School 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, school, and district, or state! 

School mental health (SMH) is complicated business.  In order to assist you, we have organized materials and information into five core areas related to planning and implementing school mental health services:

Mental Health in SBHCs– This section is specific to mental health services in a school-based health center.  Here you can find national statistics on mental health in school-based health centers as well as resources and tools that you can use in a school-based health center.

What is School Mental Health?-- In this section you will find 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– In this section you will find information about the what, why, and how of quality assessment and improvement (QAI) in school mental health.  NASBHC’s on-line QAI tool, the Mental Health Planning and Evaluation Template (MHPET), is highlighted as a method for a QAI process in your school-based health center and/or school. 

Marketing School Mental Health– In this section you will find information related to marketing school mental health to educators.  You will also find communications materials that can be used in “making the case” for school mental health.

System Level Planning– In this section you will find information about how to advance school mental health at the state or district level as well as information about specific statewide school mental health initiatives.

**Please note: These sections are being updated this summer with additional materials and resources.  Please check back often for new materials!