Student Mental Health Toolkit

Students are under high levels of stress thanks to a variety of internal and external factors. This toolkit addresses four ways superintendents can support student mental health and includes seven templates and customizable resources.

Between rigorous course loads and numerous extra-curricular activities, students today are busy building impressive resumes to distinguish themselves in an increasingly competitive college admissions process. Factor in parental pressure, a 24/7 digital life, and the growing pains of adolescence, and you'll find students are stressed out, sleep-deprived, and often ill-prepared for new and less-familiar settings.

In response, schools are looking for ways to help students deal with the stress and pace of their lives.

This tool kit will help you improve student mental health and wellness in four key areas:

Support students in crisis Deploy time in a student-centric way Reframe college admissions Equip students with life skills

I. Support students in crisis

Students with clinical mental health needs represent a major challenge for schools, especially when it comes to pre-crisis identification and post-crisis reintegration.

In this section of the toolkit, you'll find a document to help faculty serve as the first line of defense for students in need and a guide to re-integrate students after a mental health crisis.

Students of Concern Form: To facilitate grade- or division-wide faculty and counseling staff meetings, have faculty use this document prior to and following those meetings to identify larger patterns of concerning student behavior.

Purpose: to surface troubling patterns of student behavior that suggests a potential mental health concern.

Bridge for Resilient Youth in Transition (BRYT) Checklist: This checklist will help you set up a structured reintegration system for students…