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Mental Health and Wellness

Enhance mental health support and services within the educational environment through comprehensive, integrated, and accessible programs.

PAUSD strives to provide for the social, emotional, and physical health needs of all students, staff, and families. Our goal is to cultivate positive, identity-safe school environments that promote high levels of connection, resilience, and overall well-being throughout the school community.

Mental Health
          

Goal: Enhance mental health support and services within the educational environment through comprehensive, integrated, and accessible programs.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

  1. Evaluation results for the quality and reach of the School-Based Mental Health (SBMH) program and mental health services for staff

  2. Utilization rates of Tier 1 and 2 supports (e.g. TBH, Employee Assistance programs)

  3. Survey feedback on the effectiveness and satisfaction with mental health services

Strategies:

  1. Administer a universal mental health screener to identify and expand Tier 1 supports through the screening process.

  2. Define and deliver mental health prevention and intervention services as part of a district-wide Multi-Tiered System of Support, incorporating elements from the SBMH Program.

  3. Continuously evaluate and enhance the SBMH Program and outreach efforts to align services across sites and better support students, families, and staff

  4. Develop a mental health webpage for parents and staff, providing essential resources and information on mental health topics.

  5. Establish ongoing staff training, leveraging Behavioral Support Teams and Coaches to align MTSS behavioral practices and support students with dysregulated behaviors.

 
Well-being
          

Goal: Foster an environment that reduces academic stress and promotes emotional well-being among students through targeted social-emotional learning and community involvement

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

  1. Student perceptions on the reduction of academic stress and improved well-being.

  2. Implementation of fidelity and feedback on the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum.

  3. Measures of student engagement in well-being activities and the effectiveness of resilience strategies.

Strategies:

  1. Establish working groups to propose actions for reducing academic stress and promoting student wellbeing 

  2. Continue implementation and exploration of a TK-12 SEL framework and curriculum with continuous evaluation and adjustment based on correlated data and feedback

  3. Develop programs to foster resilience, celebrate small victories, and encourage independent decision-making.

  4. Support emotional intelligence and problem-solving skills across all grade levels

  5. Administer surveys to calibrate homework and grading practices and hold outreach meetings to engage and educate students, parents, and staff

 
Physical Health
          

Goal: Promote student physical health and safety through enhanced services, partnerships, and education.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

  1. Analysis of attendance data to identify trends and the impact of interventions on school attendance.

  2. Student and community feedback on safety plans, health service accessibility, safety, and emergency preparedness internships and initiatives.

  3. Track the utilization rates of health services among students, including appointments for screenings and referrals, to gauge the effectiveness of communication in promoting awareness and engagement.

Strategies:

  1. Develop a streamlined communication system for health services that ensures consistent and clear support for students, facilitating easy access to information, resources, and assistance as needed.

  2. Enhance safety plans and continue developing gun storage safety and other safety plans by collaborating with safety partners. Continue developing an internship program for students.

  3. Implement comprehensive screening protocols that encompass various aspects of physical health, including but not limited to vision, hearing, and dental health.

  4. Implement a comprehensive, age-appropriate consent education program across all grade levels, engaging students, parents, and community partners.

  5. Work with Nutrition Services to enhance the availability of fresh, wholesome food options in school meals and educate students about healthy eating.

Goal Progress
          

Follow the progress report to the board