Thought Leader Dialogue: Advancing Integrated Mental Health and Education Research



NEW ARTICLE! Advances in School Mental Health Promotion - Key priorities, challenges and opportunities to advance an integrated mental health and education research agenda

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, in collaboration with the Center for School Mental Health, co-hosted a meeting in Charleston, South Carolina with participation from mental health and education researchers, education leaders, and federal and private foundation funders. The purpose of the meeting was to identify action steps to promote a coordinated research agenda that a) encourages collaboration between education and child emotional/behavioral health stakeholders, and b) supports the application of emotional/behavioral health and education research findings to educational practice.

 Brief Meeting Summary

                             Meeting Agenda
 Full Meeting Proceedings                              Participant List

                  

(Eric Bruns, John Riley, Dawn Anderson-Butcher, & Carl Paternite)              (Cheryl Whitman, Lynette & Michael Pullmann,
                                                                                                                                 Aaron Lyon, & Amanda Williford)

   
   (C. Henricks Brown, Sharon Stephan, Marc Atkins,                (Dawn Anderson-Butcher, Nancy Lever, Dorrell Green, & Victor Young)
            Olga Price, Kate Keller, & Joe Zogby)
  

                              
                                           (Kayla Jackson, Evelyn Frankford, Roger Weissberg & Lynda Frost)

Resources

  • Annotated Bibliography: The Impacts of School-Based Behavioral and Emotional Health Interventions on Education Outcomes
  • IOM Report Briefs: Costs and BenefitsFor PolicymakersFor Researchers
  • Summary of National Databases 
  • National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council: National Prevention Strategy website and fact sheet.