The School Health Assessment and Performance Evaluation (SHAPE) System is a public-access, web-based platform that offers schools, districts, and states/territories a workspace and targeted resources to support school mental health quality improvement. 

SHAPE was developed by the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH), in partnership with the field, to increase the quality and sustainability of comprehensive school mental health systems. SHAPE houses the National School Mental Health Census and the School Mental Health Quality Assessment (SMH-QA). 

These measures are designed for team completion at the school or district level to document the school mental health system components, assess the comprehensiveness of a SMH system, prioritize quality improvement efforts and track improvement over time.

Upcoming Trainings:

Tier 1 – April 23, 2024 at 1:00pm CST

The National Center for School Mental Health will walk participants through a high-level overview training of the SHAPE assessment. See how to log in, complete the assessment, and what an outcome report looks like.

Tier 2 – May 21, 2024 at 1:00pm CST

During this session we will take a closer look at the data found in the SHAPE assessment. The NCSMH will discuss how to interpret this data and utilize it to drive decisions.

Tier 3 (2 Sessions)

June 25, 2024 at 11:00am CST

August 8, 2024 at 10:00am CST

These sessions will walk through one district’s entire process from beginning to current of utilizing SHAPE.  We will highlight how they determined SHAPE was a good starting point, some of the barriers and successes in the work, how their Education Service Center (and other district leads) supported the work, and a second report to measure growth.

You can register for both Tier 3 Sessions here.