The School Mental Health Collaborative 2023 Annual Report
The inaugural annual report of the School Mental Health Collaborative Center at the University of South Florida (USF).
The inaugural annual report of the School Mental Health Collaborative Center at the University of South Florida (USF).
This interview originally appeared in a PBS News article in December 2023. Katie Eklund is interviewed as part of this report. What’s being done to help mental health among school kids? Peer support, school staff and psychology researchers are trying to keep up with the growing rate of mental health issues among K-12 students in …
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 …
The following interview with Katie Eklund originally appeared on WKOW.com in September 2023. The Madison Metropolitan School District is changing the way they handle suspension. While it’s been common practice since October 2021, the school board has officially done away with out of school suspensions for elementary students. “Out of school suspension are really ineffective …
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 …
This interview with Katie Eklund originally appeared in EducationWeek in May 2023. Last week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy labeled youth mental health needs “the defining public health crisis of our time.” But school mental health screenings—which can alert schools if students are showing signs of depression, anxiety, or other mental health problems, and need help—have been …