SAMHSA Sponsored Webinar about Mental Health in Schools 

Learn how emotional regulation is related to mental illness, tools you can use to support children master emotional understanding and control, and how to pay for programs that support social emotional learning.

August 30th 12:30pm Eastern Time, the RAND Corporation will dive into how to get mental health in schools programs funded through the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Full description and registration link below.

A SAMHSA sponsored webinar developed under contract by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, will take place Friday, August 30, 2019 at 12:30pm Eastern Time: “Evidence, Policy, and Funding School-Based Social and Emotional Learning Interventions.”

Please register here: https://nasmhpd.adobeconnect.com/emotionallearningdisturbances_reg/event/event_info.html

Description: Understanding the evidence, policy, and funding opportunities for school-based interventions related to youth mental health can be difficult. Join experts to explore how states, districts, and schools can use the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to support social and emotional learning (SEL) interventions. Hear about SEL interventions that meet ESSA evidence requirements and potential funding mechanisms to integrate SEL into school-based efforts to address the social, emotional and mental health of students.

  Speakers: 

• Sean Grant, Assistant Professor at Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health;
• Laura Hamilton, Senior Behavioral Scientist, Distinguished Chair in Learning and Assessment, Director, Center for Social and Emotional Learning Research; and
• Stephani Wrabel, Associate Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation

**CEU credits are not offered however letters of attendance can be provided upon request. 

***Closed-captioning is available for this webinar.