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MMSD details expanded school-based mental health services and $1.9 million federal grant
Summary
District leaders told the Board of Education they have expanded school-based mental health staff and partnerships, reported screening and follow-up totals, and said the district won a $1.9 million U.S. Department of Education grant to support training future school psychologists over four years.
District leaders presented an extensive update on student mental health services and how board investments have translated into expanded staff and partnerships.
Leah Eser, Executive Director of Student and Staff Supports, and Tracy Scherr, Director of Mental Health, described a layered, school-based continuum of care that includes school psychologists, social workers, counselors and nurses working with contracted community partners to provide prevention, early identification and timely intervention. "Student mental health and well-being are essential to success," the presentation said, and highlighted the district's "5 to Thrive" campaign as a way to make resources more visible to students and families.
The district said mental health literacy presentations to school staff are near-universal: presenters reported that 98 percent of schools had completed a mental health literacy presentation this year compared with 84 percent previously. Leaders also described universal screening…
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