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This SAMHSA guide provides information on student assistance resources available for school leaders and administrators and tips on how they can use these resources in their schools.

Education | Substance Use Prevention

This SAMHSA fact sheet provides parents, caregivers, and teachers with strategies for helping children manage their stress during an infectious disease outbreak. It describes potential reactions among youth and the support adults can provide to help them.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Emergency Planning/Disaster Preparedness | Parent Skills Training

This SAMHSA fact sheet for teens provides facts about opioids. It describes short- and long-term effects of opioid use, lists signs of opioid use, and helps to dispel common myths about opioids.

Opioid Use | Substance Use Prevention

Use this link to listen to the full series.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Sustainability | System Change

School bus drivers play an instrumental role in both promoting student mental health and reducing violence and bullying among students.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Capacity Building/Workforce Development | Evidence Based/Informed | School Violence | Sustainability | Trauma Informed/Response

The Boys Town Specialized Classroom model was implemented to reduce disruptive behaviors, discipline referrals, and absenteeism among students with emotional and behavioral problems in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Disparities/Disproportionalities | Evaluation | Family Strengthening/Family Engagement | School Violence | Sustainability | System Change

To increase the number of students receiving mental health services, Connecticut schools have engaged community mental health providers in delivering school-based care.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Connecting Schools and Communities | Family Strengthening/Family Engagement | Resource Leveraging | Screening and Assessment | Sustainability | System Change | Vulnerable Populations

To reduce the incidence of suspensions and expulsions, particularly for male students of color who are disproportionately impacted, Connecticut employed a Restorative Practices approach across its SS/HS districts.

Capacity Building/Workforce Development | Cultural Linguistic Competency | Disparities/Disproportionalities | Evaluation | Policy | School Violence | System Change | Vulnerable Populations

National data suggests that LGBTQ youth are at greater risk than their peers for mental health challenges, including depression and suicide.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Disparities/Disproportionalities | LGBTQI-2S | Policy | School Violence | Vulnerable Populations

“The Collaboratory” integrates various state grants and initiatives to ensure a climate of collaboration. State leaders worked together to develop a State Integration Team to include many state initiatives in order to align the work across the state.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Evaluation | Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care | Policy | Sustainability | System Change

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