Indiana: Schools partner with mental health providers

Mar 8, 2018, Bloomington, IN, Indiana University: Partnership expands mental health resources for schools https://news.iu.edu/stories/2018/03/iub/releases/09-partnership-expands-mental-health-resources-for-schools.html Indiana University's Indiana School Mental Health Initiative has partnered with The Lutheran Foundation to provide online resources to support schools and community partners as they address students' social, emotional, behavioral and mental health needs. … "The best place to proactively address the social, emotional and mental health of our children and youth is through our schools," said Christy Gauss, school mental health facilitator with the Indiana School Mental Health Initiative. "We also now know through educational neuroscience research that our students' social and emotional development is essential to promoting their cognitive and academic development." Since 2017, the Indiana School Mental Health Initiative has provided training and resources to school personnel focusing on the social, emotional, behavioral and mental health needs of Indiana’s students. …