Episode 7: Join the A Team - Universal Mental Health Screening in Schools

Amy D'Addario, Program Manager for Samaritan Wellness Screen and Amy Marsman, Senior Research Analyst with the Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health discuss the benefits of student mental health screening in schools and how schools might begin a universal screening program. Episode Transcript  [https://drive.google.com/file/d/12OE1yTL1ClfUqrmhSZof7ApQxd0oubme/view?usp=drive_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] Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health [http://www.children.wi.gov/] OCMH Fact Sheet on Universal Screening  [https://children.wi.gov/Documents/ResearchData/OCMH%20Fact%20Sheet_June%202023_Universal%20Screening.pdf] OCMH School Mental Health Resources  [https://children.wi.gov/Pages/Resources/SchoolMentalHealth.aspx] Samaritan Wellness Screen  [https://samaritan-counseling.com/wellness-screen/] Candid - Mental Wellness Screening Systems [http://samaritan-counseling.com/candid/] National Center for School Mental Health [https://www.schoolmentalhealth.org/Resources/Mental-Health-Screening/] School Mental Health Collaborative - Best Practices in Universal Screening: An Implementation Guide  [https://smhcollaborative.org/universalscreening/] SAHMSA - Ready, Set, Go, Review: Screening for Behavioral Health Risk in Schools  [https://www.samhsa.gov/resource/ebp/ready-set-go-review-screening-behavioral-health-risk-schools]

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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.