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Canyons highlights ThriveTime, mental-health partnerships and youth academy as part of human-centered supports
Summary
District leaders reported a multi-year rollout of "ThriveTime" life-skills curriculum, expanded school-based mental-health partnerships, telehealth and a youth academy; staff said outcomes include fewer significant safe-school incidents and preliminary declines in anxiety/depression self-reports on district climate surveys.
Dr. Brian McGill, director overseeing student wellness and human-centered supports, briefed the school board Oct. 21 on progress implementing the district's strategic-plan priority he described as human-centered support. McGill summarized a five-part framework that included ThriveTime (a tier-1 life-skills curriculum), a consolidated district behavioral-support plan, expanded employee wellness and a continuum of student wellness services.
Why it matters: The presentation described several operational changes that affect staffing, service delivery and outside-provider partnerships that provide clinical mental-health services to students.
McGill said ThriveTime moved from pilot to district adoption; elementary schools are in their second full year of implementation and the district is collecting pre/post assessments to benchmark outcomes. He said a…
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