Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, Headstream and The Jed Foundation Launch New K-12 Mental Health Tech Navigator to Support Student Mental Health
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The Navigator is a free, web-based resource developed for K-12 administrators and educators to support students’ mental health with digital products.
October 3, 2024
Today the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, alongside partners Headstream (an innovation program created by SecondMuse) and The Jed Foundation, announced the launch of the novel K-12 Mental Health Tech Navigator. The Navigator is a free, web-based resource for K-12 administrators and educators designed to inform and guide the process of using digital tools to support the mental health and wellbeing of students.
The Navigator came as a result of a diverse working group of 12 educational leaders, convened by Headstream, whose collaboration resulted in a Roadmap with 10 key recommendations that can be put into action via the Navigator. The Navigator helps guide schools and districts serving adolescents from historically marginalized communities through the digital health product procurement journey with key features, including:
- Identifying Core Challenges: Outlining evidence-based recommended practices for addressing common student mental health challenges.
- Discovering School Success Stories: Understanding examples of successful implementations of digital well-being products in diverse school districts and learning from case studies.
- Funding Guidance: Provide school leadership and other stakeholders with expert recommendations around sustainably paying for these types of digital student mental health supports.
- Product Selection: Identifying key considerations to ensure the right product fit, including examples of 20 products that could be used to support youth mental health in schools.
The launch of this Navigator comes at a crucial moment, as nearly 70% of public schools have reported that the number of students seeking mental health services has increased since 2020.
“We all know that schools are searching for solutions to meet the growing mental health needs of students and staff in this country. The Meadows Mental Health Policy is excited to partner with Headstream and The Jed Foundation to develop this critically important resource for school districts who are struggling to connect students and staff to mental health services,” said Michelle Harper, Executive Director of the Center for Child & Family Wellness at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute.
The K-12 Mental Health Tech Navigator is being provided for educational and informational purposes only. It provides illustrative examples of technology products that are marketed by third-party vendors for purchase and implementation by schools to augment support for mental health and well-being for its students. The K-12 Mental Health Tech Navigator is not an exhaustive list of all such products. The inclusion or exclusion of any product in this list does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement in any way by the collaborators.
View the K-12 Mental Health Tech Navigator here: https://www.k12mentalhealthtech.org/
If you are interested in learning more about the Navigator, please contact [email protected].