Making Sense of School Mental Health: A New Graphic Tool on the Role of School Mental Health Providers & Staff aims to illustrate a spectrum of school mental health (SMH) supports and services (i.e., Tiers 1, 2, and 3) that may be available to SMH providers and staff in different contexts. This tool is designed to help districts or schools communicate consistently with therapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists and other school mental health providers and staff. The goal is to create a shared understanding of their role in leveraging resources, strategies, and partnerships, including in collaboration with other adult allies on and off campus. Below we have provided a new graphic tool designed to help you communicate with SMH providers and staff about their role and the role of other adult allies on campus in supporting school mental health.

SMH Graphic Tool – Role of SMH Providers & Staff

• Long-form: this 15-page visual guide illustrates examples for therapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists and other smh providers and staff on a spectrum of school mental health supports and services in different contexts. | Link to tool
• Short-form: this is a 1 page abbreviation of the visual guide to be used in conjunction with long form overview | Link to tool
• PPT template of long-form: this may be adapted/customized for your PPT presentation of the tool or into a short PPT-based video with or without custom audio added | Link to tool

Making Sense of School Mental Health: A New Graphic Tool on the Role of Teachers provides recommendations on how to translate complex concepts about children’s mental health and school mental health into visual aides to enhance understanding. In this session, we provide a new graphic tool designed to help you communicate with teachers about their role and the role of other adults on campus in supporting school mental health. We review the access to and implementation of the graphic tool by sharing a full suite of support tools, including:

SMH Graphic Tool – Role of Teachers in SMH

• Long-form: this is a 14-page visual guide that illustrates a Teachers role in school mental health, and the interconnectedness of adults and spaces on campus in supporting student wellness. | Link to tool
• Short-form: this is a 1 page abbreviation of the visual guide to be used in conjunction with long form overview | Link to tool
• PPT template of long-form: this may be adapted/customized for your PPT presentation of the tool or into a short PPT-based video with or without custom audio added | Link to tool
• Design Guide: this style guide is a reference document to support your use and customization of the graphic tool | Link to tool