MHPET Resources

The following compendium of resources is available to support your work in school mental health. Each resource contains a rationale for why the topic is important, a description of the topic, a set of recommended strategies related to the topic, and additional resources and references.

Each page corresponds with one or more of the thirty-four indicators on the MHPET. Below is a list of pages, organized along the eight dimensions of the MHPET.

Operations

•  Administrative functions
•  Confidentiality, privacy, and sharing information
•  Crisis Management 

Stakeholder Involvement

•  Stakeholder involvement
•  Partnering with families
•  Engaging youth

Staff and Training

•  Professional development
•  Staff qualifications
•  Strengths-based interventions
•  Cultural competency and multiculturalism

Identification, Referral, and Assessment

•  Identification and referral
•  Intake and assessment
•  Validated measures and standardized tools

Service Delivery

•  Continuum of services
•  Evidence based interventions
•  Treatment planning
•  Peer review and case consultation
•  Psychiatric consultation

School Coordination and Collaboration

•  Collaboration with school
•  Interdisciplinary collaboration

Community Coordination and Collaboration

Quality assessment and improvement

NASBHC is grateful to the following organizations and individuals who contributed resources, time, and feedback on these resource pages:

• Center for School Mental Health
• Massachusetts School Based Health Center Mental Health Collaborative
• Rose Singh
• Megan Harding
• MHPET review panel: Gail Gall, Alison Kilcoyne, Amy Mack, Dan Rifkin, Veree Jenkins, Sue McKenzie