TOPIC: Fact Sheets and General Discussions Related to MH in Schools and Addressing Barriers to Learning

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Center Developed Documents, Resources and Tools

Fact & Information Resources
• About Empirically Supported Therapeutic Relationships
• About Student Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic
• About Teacher Mental Health
• About Motivation
• About Positive Psychology
• About School Engagement and Re-Engagement
• Annotated "Lists" of Empirically Supported/Evidence Based Interventions for School-Aged Children and Adolescents
• Barriers, Buffers, & Youth Development
• Costs of Not Addressing Barriers to Learning
• Data About Youth in the United States
• Data Related to Iowa’s Work on Developing a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
• Data on the Plateau or Leveling Off Effect of Achievement Test Scores
• Data Related to the Need for New Directions for School Improvement
• Empathy, Compassion, and Addressing Student Misbehavior
• Five Essential Elements of a Unified and Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
• Frequently Asked Questions About Mental Health in Schools
• Frequently Asked Questions from the Media about Mental Health in Schools
• Funding Stream Integration to Promote Development and Sustainability of a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
• Helping and Socialization
• Many Schools, Many Students: Equity in Addressing Barriers
• New Directions for Student Supports: Some Resources
• Promoting Staff Well-being and Preventing Burnout as Schools Re-open
• Resources for Planning Mental Health in Schools
• The School's Role in Addressing Psychological Reactions to Loss
• Some Base Line Data on School Mental Health Services
• Some Data to Consider in Pursuing School Improvement Policy and Practice
• Video Games as a Mental Health Intervention Tool
• Using Federal Education Legislation in Moving Towards a Comprehensive, Multifaceted, and Integrated Approach to Addressing Barriers to Learning
• What are Learning Supports?
• What is a Learning Support Resource Team?
• What Might a Fully Functioning Enabling or Learning Supports Component Look Like at a School
• What will it cost? - No New Dollars!

Policy and Practice Analysis & Issue Briefs and Notes
• About Policy and Practice Trends for Reducing Truancy
• Financing Mental Health for Children & Adolescents
• Time for Straight Talk about Mental Health Services and MH in Schools
• Transforming Learning Supports to Transform Schools
• What is a Comprehensive Approach to Student Supports?
• Youngsters' Mental Health and Pyschosocial Problems: What are the Data?