In April 2025, UW–Madison awarded Katie Eklund, SMHC Co-Director, a Distinguished Teaching Award. Read the full article about the award from the School of Education website: Katie Eklund, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, is among the UW–Madison faculty members chosen this year to receive Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given …
University of South Florida (USF) article from July 2024 about the $2 million grant awarded to Collaborative investigators by the Institute for Education Sciences (IES). The project, titled “Development and Validation of a Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Risk Screener for Early Childhood,” seeks to address the critical need for early intervention services to support children’s …
University of South Florida (USF) article from June 2024 about METRICS, a nationwide hub for school mental health grants. The School Mental Health Collaborative received a $10.4 million grant to coordinate this center.
This article originally appeared on Spectrum News 1 in May 2024. The article talks about METRICS, nationwide hub for school mental health grants. The School Mental Health Collaborative received a $10.4 million grant to coordinate this center. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison are leading a new nationwide hub for school mental health grants. Katie …
This October 2023 article originally appeared in the Green Bay Press Gazette. The article discusses METRICS, a nationwide hub for school mental health grants. The School Mental Health Collaborative received a $10.4 million grant to coordinate this center. Every year, 60 to 70 school psychologist positions in Wisconsin go unfilled. That’s based on the most …
This article, which originally appeared on the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) website, is from October 2023. It features METRICS, a nationwide hub for school mental health grants. The School Mental Health Collaborative received a $10.4 million grant to coordinate this center. Charged with launching a national center to expand school-based mental health, UC …
This News Channel 3-12 article was originally published in October 2023, featuring METRICS. UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, partnered with three other universities, announced the U.S. Department of Education awarded them a four-year, $10.4 million federal contract to launch and operate a national center to expand the school-based mental health workforce. This …
This article about METRICS was featured on Spectrum 1 News in October 2023. Education researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have secured a federal contract to open and operate a national center to combat growing mental health concerns in K-12 schools. According to a UW–Madison press release, the 4-year, $10.4 million contract will support schools and …
This article about METRICS was originally published by the UW–Madison School of Education in October 2023. METRICS is a national center to expand and improve the country’s school-based mental health workforce. The School Mental Health Collaborative received a 4-year, $10.4 million grant to operate the center. UW–Madison education researchers have been awarded a 4-year, $10.4 …
This article was originally featured on the UW–Madison website in August 2023. The article covers the Wisconsin Rural Partnership funding to support rural and tribal communities. This includes a project led by Andy Garbacz entitled “Promoting Family-Centered and Family-School-Community Mental Health Support for Children in Rural Wisconsin Communities.” Four projects that aim to support rural …