Strategies to Support School-Based Health & Youth Behavioral Health
January 30 – May 8, 2025
(8 sessions, every other Thursday)
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
Optional 30-minute office hours to follow
Description:
Schools help promote the mental health and well-being of students through education, prevention, and early intervention efforts. They provide an opportunity to reach many youth with strategies that can improve their health and resilience. This interactive eight-session Community of Practice (CoP) will provide school-based health center staff with resources and approaches that can be used in school settings to build safe and affirming environments, provide mental health support, train staff, promote wellness, reduce stigma, enhance collaboration with community organizations, promote positive peer relationships, and more. Optional 30-minute office hours follow each session for more support.
Behavioral health professionals may earn one continuing education credit for attending each CoP session.
Objectives:
At the end of this CoP, participants will be able to:
- Articulate challenges and opportunities to building safe, affirming environments and providing mental health support in a school-based setting
- Identify evidence-based practices, interventions, and emerging concepts in school-based health
- Identify strategies for building strong linkages to services, engaging parents, promoting positive peer relationships and enrollment in health insurance
- Develop a plan that supports transfer of knowledge and practice enhancement
Presenters:
Andrew Gluck, MBA, is Vice President of Development and Performance Improvement at Ginn Group Collaborative. Mr. Gluck pioneered the application of expected value return on investment (EV-ROI) in the health care field. He has served as a consultant to school-based health clinics in Louisiana, Indiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Oregon to change the conversation from the simple provision of service to the economic benefits of short- and long-term health outcomes (EV-ROI).
Mary Crang, DNP, EdS, APRN-FNP-PMH-BC, is Associate Medical Director for Integrative Behavioral Health Services at Ginn Group. Dr. Crang has practiced in a variety of care settings, including school-based health centers, commercial walk-in clinics, an academic health center and inpatient trauma care, and consulting. Dr. Crang also serves at the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Population Health Nursing Science. In this position, she collaborates with the Illinois Health and Family Services Bureau of Behavioral Health to care for Illinois children with mental illnesses under the age of 21 who reside in residential settings.