Canyons School District outlines on-campus mental-health supports and screening nights

Francis Cook, host of the Canyons School District podcast Connect Canyons, interviewed two district mental-health staff about services available to students and families, including an upcoming mental-health screening night at Union Middle School on Jan. 23 from 4 p.m. to about 7:30 p.m.

The episode opened by noting broader concern: "A new study found Americans see poor mental health as 1 of the biggest threats to public health," Cook said, and the guests described how the district is responding. Kelly Redican, prevention specialist for Canyons School District, said she oversees suicide and substance-abuse prevention efforts, the Canyons Family Center and the district’s mental-health screening nights. "The mental-health screener nights help us to identify students in a short term way…