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Desert Sands outlines expanded school-based mental health services and MTSS approach
Summary
District mental health manager Sue Ann Block and lead school nurse presented an overview of school-based mental health supports, staffing, MTSS tiers, and recent data: 2,734 RFAs for academic/social-emotional concerns and 275 suicide-related concerns for the year.
At the Desert Sands Unified board meeting on May 20, 2025, district mental health manager Sue Ann Block and lead school nurse Susan Kettle outlined the district's mental health services, staffing and prevention-centered approach using a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS).
Block and Kettle presented district data and services: the district logged 2,734 requests for assistance (RFAs) for academic and social-emotional concerns and 275 suicide-related concerns during the year, with reported incidents spanning grades 1—2. "Half of all lifetime mental illnesses begin by age 14," Block said, citing NAMI statistics…
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