2025 -- We recognize the urgent necessity to improve and strengthen student/learning supports so all students have equity of opportunity to succeed at school. In moving forward, we will accelerate our efforts to (1) continue providing resources to the field at large and (2) advance efforts to implement and sustain new directions for addressing barriers to learning and teaching, with a focus on replication to scale in school districts. For the focus of our continuing and current work, see https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/aboutwork.pdf *********************************************   EXAMPLES OF RECENT WORKS NEW GUIDES FOR IMPROVING STUDENT/LEARNING SUPPORTS Student/Learning Supports: A Brief Guide for Moving in New Directions https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/briefguide.pdf Transforming Student and Learning Supports: Starting the Process https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/systemchangesteps.pdf Building on MTSS to Enhance How Schools Address Barriers to Learning https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/BuildMTSS.pdf NEW MONOGRAPH Transforming Student/Learning Supports & Enhancing Equity of Opportunity: A Journey of Lessons Learned https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/24mono.pdf NEW BRIEF Implementation Science and School Improvement https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/implscience.pdf  REPORTS How School Boards Can Pursue New Directions to Help Schools Address Barriers to Learning and Teaching https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/boardrep2022.pdf Transforming Student/Learning Supports: What We’ve Learned so Far https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/reworkinfra.pdf Improving Student/Learning Supports Requires Reworking the Operational Infrastructure https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/reworkinfra.pdf We won't Argue Against Adding More Counselors, BUT ... Addressing Student Mental Health Concerns Involves Much More than Increasing the Number of Mental Health Providers https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/morethan.pdf Addressing Learning, Behavior, and Emotional Problems Through Better Use of Student and Learning Support Staff https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/supports.pdf Enhancing Student/Learning Supports in Classrooms https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/classroomredes.pdf About Connecting Students with the Right Forms of Mental Health Assistance https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/connect.pdf Evolving Community Schools and Transforming Student/Learning Supports https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/evolvecomm.pdf New Directions for School Improvement Policy https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/policynd.pdf Implementation Science and Complex School Changes https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/implemreport.pdf BOOKS Improving School Improvement        https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/improve.pdf Addressing Barriers to Learning: In the Classroom and Schoolwide https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/barriersbook.pdf Embedding Mental Health as Schools Change https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/mh20a.pdf Transforming Student and Learning Supports: Developing a Unified, Comprehensive, and Equitable System.      https://titles.cognella.com/transforming-student-and-learning-supports-9781516512782.html    ABOUT THE CENTER'S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS - https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/centercorona.pdf

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