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School Mental Health Works! Coalition for Expanding School-Based Mental Health in Wisconsin
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“School Mental Health Works!” is a quick-dip podcast featuring dialogues on school mental health in Wisconsin.
Produced by the Coalition for Expanding School Based Mental Health in Wisconsin, the series highlights the successes and challenges experienced by a range of partners as communities collaborate and show that school mental health works!
Episodes feature Coalition board representatives and invited guests – each bringing a unique perspective and experience within Wisconsin’s systems for supporting school mental health.
Through thoughtful discussions between mental health providers, school professionals and parents representing lived experience, the series explores each of the six components of Wisconsin’s comprehensive school mental health model including: 1) a continuum of mental health supports; 2) collaboration; 3) needs assessment and resource mapping; 4) mental health referral pathways; 5) sustainability; and 6) data.
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Episode 4: It's Elementary! Constructing a Continuum of Mental Health Supports
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction defines the "Continuum of Mental Health Supports" as mental health promotion, early intervention, and treatment services, including crisis support. Often organized based on the level of need, the continuum creates a proactive, responsive and flexible web of support for all student's mental, behavioral, social and emotional strengths and needs as they shift over time, with a focus on building resilience and protective factors rather than categorizing students based on their perceived deficits.
In the fourth episode of our podcast, Carey Jacobson, Director of Clinical Services at Wellpoint Care Network, and Katrina Johnson, Connect Strength Project Manager, discuss how their organizations partner with schools to create a continuum of support. Wellpoint offers Trauma Sensitive Schools training and consultation and also provides school-based mental health services. Katrina is a regional trainer for Sources of Strength, a school-based suicide prevention program with an emphasis on peer leadership and curriculums for elementary and secondary students.
Episode Transcript [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rxLX-jnWqTO8mt41QLg7UawPSySK9C9U/view?usp=share_link]
Show Notes
Coalition for Expanding School-Based Mental Health in Wisconsin [https://www.schoolmentalhealthwisconsin.org/]
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - Comprehensive School Mental Health [https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/mental-health/framework]
Wisconsin School Mental Health Framework [https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/sspw/pdf/CSMH_Overview_Flyer.pdf]
Wellpoint Care Network - School Based Mental Health [https://wellpointcare.org/services/mental-health/school-based-mental-health]
Trauma Sensitive Schools Training and Consulting [https://wellpointcare.org/services/training-consulting/k-12-schools]
Youth Mental Health First Aid [https://www.wishschools.org/resources/youth-mental-health-first-aid.cfm] (WISH Center Training)
Connect Strength [https://connectstrength.com/]
Sources of Strength [https://sourcesofstrength.org/]
Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health [https://children.wi.gov/Pages/Home.aspx] -
Episode 3: Collaboration - Teamwork Makes the Dream Work!
Episode 3 features a conversation about collaborating to make school mental health work! Jamie Ganske, Director of Mental Health and Resilience for Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District, discusses how Chippewa Falls has enacted comprehensive school mental health with the support of various community partnerships. Dr. Leah Featherstone brings the provider perspective as the Vice President of Clinical Operations at Professional Services Group, which collaborates with several southeast Wisconsin school districts to provide school mental health services. Both share how to start building school-community partnerships, ideas for engaging stakeholders including families and school staff, and reference the Communities of Practice available to both School Mental Health Navigators and School-Based Clinicians, an initiative of the Coalition for Expanding School-Based Mental Health in Wisconsin.
Episode Transcript [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ocbBlE_6k8UTGOvo1BGSrDjqZsu8G_hL/view?usp=sharing]
Show Notes
Coalition for Expanding School-Based Mental Health in Wisconsin [https://www.schoolmentalhealthwisconsin.org/]
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - Comprehensive School Mental Health [https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/mental-health/framework]
Wisconsin School Mental Health Framework [https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/sspw/pdf/CSMH_Overview_Flyer.pdf]
Cardinal Care - Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District [http://www.cardinalcare.info/]
Professional Services Group School-Based Mental Health [https://www.psgcip.com/clinicalservices/servicesprovided/schoolbasedmentalhealth.php]
Communities of Practice - School Mental Health Navigators or School-Based Clinicians [https://www.schoolmentalhealthwisconsin.org/community-committees/] -
Episode 2: Show Your Work - Using Data to Tell Your Story
This episode will cover how to build a data set to tell your school-based mental health story and give the listener guidance on crafting how you want to tell your success story. Segments include Dr. David Cipriano's professional journey to school-based mental health; overarching trends and themes; how school districts can use their data and engage community partners; school-based mental health data that is out there now and useful for your research; a few easily accessible resources folks can use to get started; and, using a school staff mental health survey to help tell your story.
Show Notes
Coalition for Expanding School-Based Mental Health in Wisconsin [https://www.schoolmentalhealthwisconsin.org/]
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - Comprehensive School Mental Health [https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/mental-health/framework]
Wisconsin School Mental Health Framework [https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/sspw/pdf/CSMH_Overview_Flyer.pdf]
Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey [https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/yrbs]
Children's Wisconsin School-Based Mental Health [https://childrenswi.org/medical-care/mental-and-behavioral-health/ways-we-can-help/school-based-mental-health]
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [https://www.sdqinfo.org/a0.html]
School Personnel Survey [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k2oVd7tLRElH-_2Tod3R8oAgDBUkr0fO/view?usp=sharing]
Data Sharing Agreement Draft [https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Cn9PYLNbcD9z6vGSzcGFFZ2ir6STbGj/view?usp=sharing]
Please email info@schoolmentalhealthwisconsin.org if you would like editable versions of the resources shared, or with any other questions for the Coalition! -
Episode 1: If Not Now, When?
This inaugural episode of the series features a conversation between Coalition Board Chair, Julie Hueller of the Racine Collaborative for Children's Mental Health and Board Treasurer, Kathy Markeland of the Wisconsin Association of Family & Children's Agencies. Julie and Kathy discuss some of the foundational building blocks for growing student mental health systems by exploring the story of the community partnership in the Racine Unified School District.
Their conversation highlights the role that the Coalition plays in sharing best practice and advancing state policies to help Wisconsin communities advance school mental health initiatives. By leveraging the elements of the comprehensive model and expertise of Wisconsin networks, schools across the state are showing that school mental health works!
Show Notes
Coalition for Expanding School-Based Mental Health in Wisconsin [https://www.schoolmentalhealthwisconsin.org/]
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - School Mental Health website [https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/mental-health]
Wisconsin School Mental Health Framework [https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/sspw/pdf/CSMH_Overview_Flyer.pdf]
Wisconsin Association of Family and Children's Agencies [https://www.wafca.org/]
Spotlight on Racine Collaborative for Children's Mental Health Partnership [https://www.schoolmentalhealthwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/School_Mental_Health_Spotlight_12_2019_Racine_School_District.pdf]
Racine Unified School District website [https://rusd.org/departments/student-services/school-based-mental-health]
Dr. Ross Greene [https://drrossgreene.com/]