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Social emotional and Mental health BlogWe take pride in the combined expertise of MTSN on the subject of child psychology and mental health. Take a look at some of our insights and resources to help care for and support your children.
What Students Are Telling Us About Their Mental Health
While the focus on mental health has increased and it seems like students are struggling now more than ever, the reality is that most of these problems are nothing new. The difference is that we are trying to catch up with identifying when children are experiencing...
Screening with Different Age Groups
Identifying social-emotional and behavioral challenges as early as possible is the key to improving student outcomes. The sooner we know about a mental health struggle, the sooner we can implement steps to educate and care for that child, giving them a better chance...
James McDougal’s Story
Dr. James McDougal, a co-author of the BIMAS-2 assessment and owner of the Multi-Tiered Support Network, has been working toward improved student mental health for a long time. With a background in mental health, Jim began working with the Syracuse City School...
Identifying Mental Health Symptoms in Kids
School-aged children are facing a mental health crisis. The rates of anxiety, depression, suicide, and general behavioral issues are at an all-time high. Fortunately, our ability to identify these mental health symptoms has improved in the last few decades, providing...
Beginnings of BIMAS-2: 3 Phases of Prevention
It is only in the last few decades that mental health has become a stronger focus for school districts and those who work with school-aged children. Even with all the research and data available to us in the 21st century that indicates the need for behavioral health...
Depression and Addiction: Finding Help and Support for Dual Diagnosis
Depression and Addiction: Finding Help and Support for Dual Diagnosis Depression is a mood disorder that can cause symptoms that are significant enough to impact daily life functioning. When addiction and depression are present in the same person at the same...
Addressing Student Mental Health Struggles and Suicide Rates
September is suicide prevention month. The rates of mental health struggles and suicide for school-aged children have been accelerated over the last few years as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are a parent, school administrator, teacher, or anyone who works...
Mass Shootings are the symptom; Unmet mental health needs are the cause.
“Persons who committed public mass shootings in the U.S. over the last half century were commonly troubled by personal trauma before their shooting incidents, nearly always in a state of crisis at the time, and, in most cases, engaged in leaking their plans before...
Innovations in Internalizing: Advances in Screening and Early Identification Practices
Internalization can lead to a host of mental health concerns in children, which is why we need to screen and intervene early on. The problem that remains is how do schools select the best screening process in order to make that possible? This presentation makes the...
Effective Social-Emotional and Mental Health supports in the schools: What Superintendents should know
By better tracking children’s social and emotional behavior, schools can provide positive support before the situation becomes more serious. Therefore, how do they recognize risk for a problem exists before a situation escalates? Universal screening measures, like the...