Program Implementation

SS/HS Initiatives implement a range of programs, services, and interventions designed to reduce risk, promote resilience, and build comprehensive service systems.

SS/HS is guided by a public health approach that recognizes that activities must address the needs of individual students while also changing the school environment. The triangle of universal, selected, and indicated intervention levels is a key framework in coordinating implementation and ensuring that it is comprehensive.

SS/HS activities typically include a mix of required evidence-based programs, best practices from the field, and universal level approaches that promote mental health of all children.  This section provides information on these types of activities.