Resource Library: Mental & Behavioral Health
Literature
Coping With Crisis: Lessons Learned
Coping With Crisis: Lessons Learned
Scott Poland, Ed.D. & Jami S. McCormick
Loads more
- A Review of Psychological Safety and Threat Assessment Issues Related to the Shooting at Arapahoe High School
- Campus Threat Assessment and Management Teams
- Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model: An Operational Guide for Preventing Targeted School Violence
- How to Find a Good Threat Assessment Consultant: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Hire
- Making Prevention a Reality: Identifying, Assessing, and Managing the Threat of Targeted Attacks
- Report on the Arapahoe High School shooting: Lessons Learned on Information Sharing, Threat Assessment, and Systems Integrity
- School Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management
- Student Threat Assessment Response System (STARS) Toolkit
- The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States
- The Virginia Model for Student Threat Assessment
- Threat Assessment at School: Brief Facts & Tips
- Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and Creating Safe School Climates
- Guidelines for Responding to Student Threats of Violence
- What Can Be Done About School Shootings?
- School Threat Assessment: A Proactive Guide for Schools (75 Minute Video)
Blogs
- Youth Suicide: A silent epidemic
- Youth Suicide Prevention part 1 and part 2
- Thinking outside the box: using social workers to improve school safety
- Parenting with Intention: 5 key concepts to support your child’s mental health and safety
- Mental Health Challenges Facing K-12 Schools
- The Connection between mental health and school safety
- Surviving Sexual Assault: A Student’s Story of Hope and Perseverance
Preventing Youth Suicide: Brief Facts & Tips
Preventing Youth Suicide: Brief Facts & Tips
National Association of School Psychologists
Suicide In Schools: A Practitioner’s Guide to Multi-level Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, and Postvention
Terri A. Erbacher, Jonathan B. Singer & Scott Poland
Programs & Experts
Programs
- Developmental Levels of Safety Awareness
- 10 Steps to Stop and Prevent Bullying, National Education Association
- A Framework for School-Wide Bullying Prevention and Safety, National Association of School Psychologists
- Bullying Prevention, National Association of School Psychologists
- How to Talk About Bullying, stopbullying.gov
- Prevention at School, stopbullying.gov
- Warning Signs For Bullying (Know What to Look For), stopbullying.gov
- Working in the Community, stopbullying.gov
Organizations
Mental Health America
“Mental Health America (MHA) – founded in 1909 – is the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all Americans. Our work is driven by our commitment to promote mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention services for all, early identification and intervention for those at risk, integrated care, services, and supports for those who need it, with recovery as the goal. Much of our current work is guided by the Before Stage 4 (B4Stage4) philosophy – that mental health conditions should be treated long before they reach the most critical points in the disease process.”
MentalHealth.gov
“MentalHealth.gov provides one-stop access to U.S. government mental health and mental health problems information.”
National Association of School Psychologists
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) is a professional association that represents more than 25,000 school psychologists, graduate students, and related professionals throughout the United States and 25 other countries. The world’s largest organization of school psychologists, NASP works to advance effective practices to improve students’ learning, behavior, and mental health. NASP’s vision is that all children and youth thrive in school, at home, and throughout life.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
“The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. NIMH is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest biomedical research agency in the world. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).”
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
“The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States. The Lifeline is comprised of a national network of over 150 local crisis centers, combining custom local care and resources with national standards and best practices.”
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
“The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA’s mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities.”
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
“The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) is the nation’s only federally supported resource center devoted to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. SPRC is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under grant no. 1U79SM062297 and is located at Education Development Center, Inc.”
The Jason Foundation
The Jason Foundation is dedicated to the prevention of youth suicide through educational and awareness programs.
Infographics
Bullying Awareness Prevention Month (Infographic)
Bullying Awareness Prevention Month (Infographic): Safe and Sound Schools
Sexual Assault Awareness Month (Infographic)
Sexual Assault Awareness Month (Infographic): Safe and Sound Schools