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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

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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...

Innovations in Internalizing: Advances in Screening and Early Identification Practices

BIMAS-2, Presentations, Resources, Trainings

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...

BIMAS2 Author to Consult on IES Project to Improve Students’ Mental Health

BIMAS-2, Mental Health, NEWS, Resources

Senior BIMAS2 author, Dr. James McDougal, was recently selected to serve as a consultant on a federally funded research project studying intervention effects of early mental health supports provided to elementary students in the schools. The leading national expert on...

The BIMAS2 is awarded a 3-year contract to support Social Emotion Learning (SEL) efforts across NYS

BIMAS-2, Mental Health, NEWS, Resources, Social Emotional Health

We were recently awarded a 3-year contract by Erie 1 BOCES to become an approved vendor for SEL products to be offered as a service by the Western New York Regional Information Center (WNYRIC), with offices at Erie 1 BOCES, for their regional school districts. In...

New! Mental Health Grant for NYS Schools