The chaotic nature of the last three years has been hard on everyone, but especially on kids and teenagers. Students are experiencing crisis levels of anxiety, depression, trauma, and suicidal ideation. Rooted in the COVID-19 pandemic and loss of in-person classes, school staff are also reporting delayed coping and socialization skills and insufficient backup from outside behavioral health counselors and facilities.
On October 18, Dartmouth Health will launch a virtual educational series to address this matter titled “Keeping Students Safe: Practical Strategies for Supporting Students in Mental Health Distress.” Part of the larger Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) program, this series aims to provide resources for the most urgent mental health issues facing school staff today, along with an opportunity for discussing de-identified situations and receiving peer support. The goals of this ECHO are based on needs identified by schools.
Planned sessions for this webinar series include:
- October 18—Recognizing and responding to students at serious risk of harm
- November 1—Understanding inpatient psychiatric hospitalization
- November 15—Recognizing and responding to students in distress
- November 29—Improving school partnerships with community mental health and primary care services
- December 13—Partnering with parents
All five sessions will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 pm. Registration is required and free of charge. Register for this Project ECHO series.
Project ECHO is a program of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
This training is supported by the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1.3 million with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit the HRSA website.
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