The School Mental Health Program (SMHP)

Best practice guidelines for mental health promotion programs: Children & Youth

The School Mental Health Program (SMHP) is an American program established in 1989 to provide services to elementary, middle and high school students. The primary goal of school mental health programs is to facilitate academic success by removing or reducing conditions of stress and emotional or behavioural problems that serve as barriers to students’ learning. SMHP staff provide comprehensive, effective, developmentally and culturally sensitive mental health services in a normal school setting. This is an evidence-based intervention, which aims to improve the school environment and promote mental health for all students.

Reference

Weist, M., Goldstein, A., Morris, L. & Bryant, T. (2003). Integrating expanded school mental health programs and school-based health centers. Psychology in the Schools, 40 (3), 297–308.

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