Expand the School-based Mental Health Workforce

Based on the U.S. Surgeon General’s Protecting Youth Mental Health advisory, this Expand the school-based mental health workforce (from our What Educators, School Staff, and School Districts Can Doseries) highlights 7 important steps that educators, school staff, and school districts can take to expand the mental health workforce in schools for children and young people.

1.Expand the mental health workforce.

2.Expand the school counselor workforce.

3.Expand the school nurse workforce.

4.Expand the school social worker workforce.

5.Expand the school psychologist workforce.

6.Support students with disabilities.

7.Make district-wide policy changes.

To read the full Protecting Youth Mental Health advisory, please visit: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-youth-mental-health-advisory.pdf