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CASEL Program Guide

Authors : Sara Gracely , Maddie Cincebeaux

Check out CASEL’s new Program Guide that has updated features to select the best evidence-based SEL programs for your school’s needs.

Understanding Stress vs. Trauma

Authors : Editorial Team

This resource from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) highlights the differences between stress and trauma by providing examples that might lead to each.

What is Child Trauma? (¿Qué es el trauma infantil?)

Authors : Editorial Team

This resource from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), available in both English and Spanish, provides examples of experiences that may lead to acute, chronic, and complex trauma in children.

Effective Practices to Support Young Children: Insights from a Multi-State Evaluation of BEST in CLASS

Authors : Editorial Team

BEST in CLASS is a Tier 2 evidence-based intervention for young children with persistent and intensive challenging behaviors. It is designed to enhance and support teachers’ use of effective instructional practices that help prevent children’s challenging behaviors and support learning.

Community Schools Impact on Student Outcomes: Evidence From California

Authors : Editorial Team

Findings from a recent research study conducted by The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) have found that newly funded community schools saw positive student outcomes regarding test scores, attendance, and reduced suspensions for all students, with particularly strong gains among historically underserved students.

Effects of the Tools for Getting Along Curriculum on teachers’ reports of elementary students’ executive functions, social-emotional skills, and behavior problems

Authors : Elisa Garcia , Michelle Woodbridge , Carl Sumi

In this study, we examined the effectiveness of Tools for Getting Along (TFGA) on teachers’ reports of executive functioning (EF), social-emotional, and behavioral skills of elementary school students. TFGA is a classroom-level prevention curriculum that teaches students problem-solving steps to apply in emotionally charged situations.

Implementing Policies and Practices to Support LGBTQ+ Youth in Schools

Authors : Editorial Team

The Central East MHTTC in collaboration with the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) offers a school mental health webinar series with a focus on advancing high quality, sustainable school mental health from a multi-tiered system of support, trauma-sensitive, culturally responsive, and equitable lens.

2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention

Authors : Editorial Team

The 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention is a bold new 10-year, comprehensive, whole-of-society approach to suicide prevention that provides concrete recommendations for addressing gaps in the suicide prevention field.

Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools: An Action Guide for School and District Leaders

Authors : Editorial Team

Schools are prioritizing students’ mental health, and there are many tools and resources to choose from. CDC created this action guide as a place to start. It can help school and district leaders build on what they are already doing to promote students’ mental health and find new strategies to fill in gaps.

2024 School Mental Health Quality Guides

Authors : Editorial Team

These 2024 editions contain major updates and an and easy-to-follow format complete with action steps, best practices, examples from the field, and more.