Advancing Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems: A Guide for State Education Agencies
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO); National Center for School Mental Health
This guide for state education agencies (SEAs) outlines five key steps that SEAs can take to support a comprehensive approach to school mental health. Alongside each of the five steps are state examples and relevant resources.
Each state will customize and fine-tune its comprehensive school mental health system to suit that state’s unique challenges and opportunities. However, these five actions position states to advance an effective and sustainable statewide school mental health initiative.