ABSTRACT BACKGROUND From the perspective of schools, children's mental health is
essential to academic success. Multitiered systems of support (MTSS) that provide …

Evidence-based practices (EBPs) emerge as inherent to the successful implementation of a
comprehensive and combined multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) model. The intended …

Despite the prevalence and negative consequences of depressive disorders among youth,
as well as the need for schools to adopt and implement a continuum of mental health …

School mental health (SMH) services are widespread but are often not well integrated into
school settings, based on evidence for effectiveness, or efficiently delivered. This paper …

Although the education sector has been referred to as the “de facto” mental health system for
children and adolescents, such statements obscure the tremendous heterogeneity of school …

Because health is not the primary business of schools, a school's response to mental health
and psychosocial concerns usually is limited to targeted problems seen as direct barriers to …

This chapter proposes a reimagined multitiered system of support (MTSS) that targets
students' complete mental health by simultaneously diminishing symptoms of mental …

Partnerships between school staff and mental health professionals have the potential to
improve access to mental health support for students, but uncertainty remains regarding …

The Center for Mental Health Services (1997) estimates that from 9 to 13% of all children
aged 9–17 have a serious emotional disturbance that either impairs or substantially …

One in five children in America have a significant mental health disorder (Merikangas et al.,
2010). These children and youth require multidimensional interventions but less than 20% of …