The Superintendent's Guide to Improving Mental Health Care in Schools

Gain the insights you need to enhance your district’s mental health support system, particularly for the 3% – 5% of students with high acuity needs. This comprehensive guide offers practical, expert-backed strategies to help you implement effective, student-focused programs that drive measurable outcomes and foster healthier, more resilient school communities. Fill out the form to get your free guide and start driving meaningful change today.

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Why Districts Need In-School, High-Acuity Care

More Students with High-Acuity Challenges

Students are experiencing a sharp rise in severe mental health issues, like anxiety and depression, that hinder their success.

Rising Trends in Out-of-District Placements

More students are being placed in out-of-district placements due to unmet mental health needs at school. This trend underscores the critical need for schools to strengthen their internal support systems.

Boost Student Success: Strategies for School Leaders

Our Guide offers practical advice and tools to tackle mental health challenges effectively. It’s designed to help schools take action and deliver real, lasting results.

Strategies You'll Discover in This Guide

MTSS: Better Mental Health Support

Discover how a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework can revolutionize high-acuity, school-based mental health care for students with the most intensive mental health challenges. Learn about this three-tier structure and how it ensures every student receives the right level of support while optimizing resources.

Mental Health Playbook for Schools

Learn how a Mental Health Playbook can serve as a strategic blueprint for bringing MTSS-based mental health services to every school in your district. Uncover the essential steps for assessing needs, aligning resources, and engaging stakeholders to build a sustainable and effective approach to student mental health care.

Measuring the Impact of School-Based Mental Health

Discover how data-driven systems can improve school-based mental health programs by making the “immeasurable” measurable. Learn how to define clear goals, collect meaningful data, and use evidence-based insights to create lasting, impactful improvements in student well-being.

Key Insights You’ll Walk Away With

About ESS

Effective School Solutions delivers school-based mental health and behavioral support to help high acuity students reach their full potential. Our in-school clinical programming brings evidence-based, comprehensive care to K–12 students. Through our programs, we aim to remove barriers and provide access to care so that every student can thrive emotionally, academically, and contribute positively to the overall school community.

“ESS is worth every penny. It’s literally saving lives. You can’t put a price tag on that.”

Terra A. Tigno

Principal, Newington High School

Case studies

Building Capacity: Supporting Teachers and Students

Freehold Regional High School District educates approximately 10,300 students in six high schools across a 200-square-mile region in central New Jersey. In the wake of the pandemic – and the resulting spike in students’ mental health needs – the district undertook a partnership with Effective School Solutions to build professional..

Treating Anxiety in Teens at School: A Parent’s Story

Today’s adolescents are struggling with mental health issues and anxiety in teens is at unprecedented levels. But the good news is that kids are resilient, and when they get the care and support they need, their lives can vastly improve, and they can reach their full potential...

Empowering Students Through Comprehensive Mental Health Supports: 95% of Parents See Improvement

Like teens everywhere, the students at Newington High School in Newington, Connecticut, are struggling with anxiety and other mental health challenges...

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