OTHER PROJECTS
Other Projects
Partnering for Student Wellness (PSW)
https://studentwellnessproject.wordpress.com
The Partnering for Student Wellness Project is a three-year research study to learn how help schools create a welcoming environment for students and staff. This study will evaluate evidence-based interventions and how they contribute to students’ academic and emotional/behavioral success. The purpose of this study is to compare two different ways to implement behavioral health interventions to see which one makes school a more welcoming environment and leads to better student achievement.
Pee Dee Resiliency Project (PDRP)
The Pee Dee Resiliency Project is a community-based partnership for students and their families to prevent or cope with and recover from adversity [or to address emotional and behavioral challenges that interfere with a student’s success]. With schools serving as the gateway to community support and services, the project focuses on increasing understanding of adversity, updating school policies to better support students and their families, and improving school connections to community resources.
John H. Magill School Mental Health Certificate Program
https://scsbhcertificate.weebly.com
The certificate program is a joint initiative between the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH) and the University of South Carolina School Behavioral Health (USC SBH) Team to build a well-qualified work force to support expansion of school mental health services in South Carolina. Graduate students in counseling, social work, psychology, and related fields complete a 600-hour school-based internship through SCDMH. They also complete 20 hours of professional development in school mental health through the USC SBH team.
SC School Behavioral Health Academy
https://www.scsbha.org
Psychology faculty at the University of South Carolina (UofSC) are creating the John H. Magill SC School Behavioral Health Academy (SBHA), a community of learning that will help schools build positive campus cultures and enhance mental health services to students.
The SBHA will train personnel in creating safe schools, responding to crises, science-based approaches to counseling, whole-school approaches to preventing mental health and behavioral problems, among many other topics. Training experiences and coaching will evolve based on the preferences and needs of SC communities, which are being assessed through a statewide needs assessment.
Supported by a $3.2 million grant from the SC Department of Health and Human Services, the SBHA complements recent state regulation changes designed to increase the number of mental health counselors supporting SC Schools.
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