Mental Health Planning and Evaluation Template (MHPET)
The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) has a webinar and a web-based tool for quality assessment and improvement (QAI) in school mental health programs. The MHPET (Mental Health Planning and Evaluation Template) is an online assessment tool that can be used in evaluating activities and services across the field of school-based mental health. This tool can be used for new or established school mental health programs. This tool is available to everyone, however you will have to register with NASBHC and obtain an ID before you begin. Follow the link to learn more about the MHPET and download an informational factsheet.

UCLA School Mental Health Project, Center for Mental Health in Schools
This UCLA website is user-friendly and has a "quick find" directory to help you navigate the site. Aside from the current hot topics and many useful links, the site offers a multitude of practitioner toolkits and resources, along with networks for connecting with like-minded providers. Some of the training and presentation resources are designed for providing brief staff development. Each aid has brief background materials, tools, model programs, and a sample of overheads. Topics include: suicide prevention; violence prevention; burnout; re-engaging students in learning; attention problems; case management; and many more. The website also offers continuing education modules, fact and information resources, as well as presentation handouts/slides.

Behavioral Health Adolescent Provider Toolkit
After three years of development, the Adolescent Health Working Group has unveiled its Behavioral Health Adolescent Provider Toolkit. Developed by and for health care providers, this toolkit takes a closer look at common adolescent mental health and substance use issues. You can download the Behavioral Health Adolescent Provier Toolkit by clicking here. To order additional materials from the Adolescent Health Working Group, please click here.

ChildTrauma Academy
This organization is a unique collaborative of individuals and organizations working to improve the lives of high-risk children through direct service, research and education. For more information, visit the Child Trauma Academy website.

Guide for Crisis Response in Our Schools
School crisis response can no longer be delegated solely to members of a School Crisis Response Team. Today, crisis management is the responsibility of all educators. The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, offers A Practical Guide for Crisis Response in Our Schools: Fifth Edition. This dramatically expanded publication provides a structure and process for effectively managing the wide spectrum of school-based crises.

JAMA Offers School-Based Intervention for Stress Disorders
A school-based intervention for reducing children's symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression resulting from exposure to violence is posted free on the August 6, 2003 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

NASP Toolkit : School-Based Mental Health
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) has added a toolkit that pulls together all related resources into one CD.  Mental health underlies all aspects of children's learning and development. This toolkit will provide school-based mental health professionals with over 130 resources to help students needs.  It includes many student needs, ranging from prevention and wellness to behavior problems and mental health disorders. This tool is available for $15. Follow the link to view the Table of Contents. For more information and to order the toolkit, visit the NASP website.

“Out-of-School Suspension and Expulsion” Policy Statement
The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommendations for pediatricians and schools on how suspension and expulsion punishments should be administered, and the role of pediatric providers in providing social, emotional, and mental health support. The policy statement also highlights aspects of expulsion and suspension that may jeopardize children's health and safety, such as academic deterioration, student alienation, delinquency, crime, and substance abuse problems.

Technology Training for School Counselors and Administrators
SchoolCounselor.com offers a new CD designed to help you become more proficient in using Microsoft Excel™ to make data an important part of your comprehensive school counseling program. From data-driven decision making, to monitoring progress, to reporting the positive impact you're having on kids, Data Boot Camp for School Counselors and Administrators will demystify how it's done. Follow the link to view the CD contents and sample videos or to purchase the CD. Data Boot Camp will help school counselors, students, practitioners, administrators, and educators to more easily unlock the power of data so you can more effectively support student achievement.

Teen Screen® Program: Mental Health Check-Ups for Youth
This website serves as a resource for school and mental health professionals and community leaders who want to begin a mental health and suicide risk screening effort in their own community and for individuals that want to learn more about the Columbia University TeenScreen® Program, universal screening, and related policy issues.

Youth Suicide Prevention
The California Department of Education has a listing of resources (concerns on youth suicide, prevention, intervention and postvention) that can help connect school districts with resources they may need.  The resources range from either factual data to actual programs. Also included in these resources is the Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide. Follow the link to view the list of CDE resources.