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Universal Classroom Strategies for Mental Health Awareness and Bullying Prevention

Children’s Wisconsin’s free health e-learning content provides a fun and engaging way to engage students is health education. Lessons, games and activities are organized by grade level, and some is available in Spanish. All content is brought to you by the health education experts at Children’s Wisconsin, one of the leading pediatric health systems in the country. Children’s E-Learning Center content brings important health and wellness concepts to life for students in five topic areas, including mental and emotional health, and bullying prevention. Mental and emotional health content is divided into grade level and includes interactive lessons, activities and games focus on education about mental and emotional health and raising awareness of common mental health issues.

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Mental Health Literacy

A lack of confidence and knowledge are key barriers for schools looking to implement Mental Health Literacy (MHL). MHL Aware and Reframe training models address these barriers by helping individuals and communities gain confidence and competence around a topic they might otherwise avoid. The introductory level of training focuses on educating individuals about 1) What MHL is, 2) Why it is beneficial, and 3) How they can bring this information to their community. In addition to these core focus areas, the training provides basic, real-world application strategies.

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Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE™)

Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE™) is a trauma-informed, culturally sensitive set of skills based on several strong evidence-based parenting programs. Provides free professional trainings, education, and technical assistance in evidence-based disaster mental health for youth. CARE uses specific skills for general use by all adults who interact or work with children, including those who have experienced trauma. Respond with CARE skills are designed to a) connect with children in a positive way, b) increase compliance with adult instructions, and c) decrease many problematic behaviors and reactions commonly noted after exposure to disasters or crisis events. It covers an overview of how crisis events, such as disasters, impact children across the age span and skills designed to improve relationships and reduce mild to moderate reactions.

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Emotional Wellness Toolkit

How you feel can affect your ability to carry out everyday activities, your relationships, and your overall mental health. How you react to your experiences and feelings can change over time. Emotional wellness is the ability to successfully handle life’s stresses and adapt to change and difficult times. On this website flip the cards for checklists on how to improve your health in each area, such as sleep and reducing stress. Click on the images to read articles about each topic. You can also print the checklists separately or all together to share with others or as a reminder to yourself.

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Healing Centered Engagement: an Overview

This course is an introduction to healing-centered engagement, which is strengths-based, advances a collective view of healing, and re-centers culture as a central feature in well-being. It requires us to shift our thinking a bit. This framework supports the well-being of all students, and especially those whose anxiety is a result of trauma exposure. This course was developed by Dr. Ginwright and his team at Flourish Agenda.

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Best Practices in Universal Mental Health Screening for Social, Emotional & Behavioral Outcomes: An Implementation Guide

Universal social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) screening is increasingly being recognized as a foundational component of a comprehensive, multi-tiered system of school-based supports. The purpose of this guide is to summarize the current state of research and practice related to universal SEB screening and provide practical and defensible recommendations. (2026)

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Suicide Screening and Risk Assessment for School-Based Mental Health Providers

This course is geared to school-based mental health professionals, but it can also be helpful for non-clinical staff to learn more about how to support students grappling with thoughts or feelings that place them at risk of suicide. Learn about:
-current data related to youth and suicide
-warning signs, risks and protective factors
-different tools, such as the Ask Suicide Screening Questionnaire (ASQ) and Stanley Brown Safety Plan Intervention
-strategies and practical tips for engaging youth around the topic of suicide and learn practical tips. 

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Behavioral Health Teams and Universal Mental Health Screening

This website helps schools who are on the journey to implementing behavioral health teams and universal mental health screening. CBHM is a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) designed to promote students’ social, emotional, and behavioral wellbeing. MTSS is a three-tier model of service delivery for educational and behavioral services in a school setting. This model is also often called Response to Intervention (RtI). In BPS, the Academic Achievement Framework (AAF) is a version of RtI focused on students’ social and behavioral learning. The Comprehensive Behavioral Health Model (CBHM) is focused on students’ social and behavioral learning. The goal of the CBHM Lighthouse model is to create safe and supportive learning environments in which students may grow and thrive academically, personally, and socially. This includes providing the right amount of services and supports at the right time when a student absolutely needs them.

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