Please go visit our wonderful team at the NWPBIS Network, Inc. conference in Tacoma this week! SMART Center Mental Health Technology Transfer Center

If you want to see a group of motivated youth leaders in action, come join me at this great event on transforming #schoolmentalhealth hosted by FEEST Seattle instagram.com/p/CcoC-iYBxvk/ SMART Center

Dr Brittany Patterson of ⁦National Center for School Mental Health⁩ bringing it back to basics at the SE School BH Conference: Each district and school needs a single organized system of #mentalhealth supports. “You can’t discipline trauma”. ⁦SMART Center⁩

So excited to see our fantastic young SMART Center research team member Rose Reyes presenting with our colleagues Tuesday. Well done all!

Please join for a presentation on our crisis behavioral health work with first responders for Ukrainians seeking refuge in Poland -- Friday May 26 (tomorrow) at noon PT. For details: mailchi.mp/uw.edu/may-lin… UW Psychiatry #UkraineWar #Mentalhealth

Heartbreaking story from Hannah Furfaro provides a vivid example of how state failures to thoughtfully fund and build effective, cross-system #mentalhealth systems lead to tragic consequences. Policy and funding fixes exist; few states adopt them. NWI The Institute for Innovation & Implementation

Can a national #TechnicalAssistance center promote financing, policy, and systems change? See our evaluation of TA for youth #mentalhealth as provided by The Institute for Innovation & Implementation -- named a notable paper in Eval&Program Planning and granted open access. sciencedirect.com/science/articl….

#COVID19 has had a pervasive influence on our children's education and wellness, while also providing many lessons for those of us providing training, treatment, and support. Please join us for this series of presentations on the topic, hosted by Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) washacad.org/2022-symposium/

Our 2022 SMART Center RIISE cohort is amazing. We had a week-long convening in Seattle on #impsci in #edResearch in June with follow on mentoring to 12 fellows. Join us! Apply to be a #RIISE2023 fellow! DEADLINE: December 18! smartcenter.uw.edu/programs-servi…

As we help educators cope with the crisis in youth #mentalhealth, our strategies must maintain a focus on equity and addressing disparities. The SMART Center 2023 Virtual Speaker Series will include 3 sessions focused on equity-centered #SchoolMentalHealth www3.thedatabank.com/dpg/689/pm.asp…

Thx UW Magazine for giving us space to discuss the #schoolmentalhealth workforce crisis and the new DOE project to SMART Center UW Social Work WA State OSPI to give training + scholarships to 100 #socialwork students to work in high-need schools in WA. Let's all pull together University of Washington!

To address the youth #mentalhealth crisis, we will need a diverse, well trained, well supported #smh workforce. We are starting with grants for #socialwork students, but will grow our Washington State "Workforce for Student Wellness" initiative to encompass other school roles.

Jeff Merkley (D, OR) and colleagues + advocates like Paris Hilton are seeking to pass legislation to crack down on physical/emotional #abuse in #residentialtreatment. It's long overdue. Let's get behind this bill and other reforms. merkley.senate.gov/news/press-rel…

Does your #school do safety planning for students at risk of #suicide ? ⁦Medical Lake⁩ schools does! as shared by ⁦SMART Center⁩ ⁦NWPBIS Network, Inc.⁩ conference. see: suicidesafetyplan.com/forms/ for an example template #youthmentalhealth #schoolmh ⁦⁩

Is it time to be intentional with our efforts to create teaching & learning environments that are nurturing for all? What can you do today? Follow Center on PBIS SMART Center @NorthwestMHTTC for 21 days for ideas and resources. Nurture Effect Brian Lancaster #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #PBIS

Are you (or do you know) a scholar who is jazzed about collecting, using, and learning from data to improve #schoolmentalhealth? Our UW SMART Center has a job for you to consider!

📢We're Hiring! The SMART Center is seeking a Research Analyst to assist the research and evaluation efforts of the SMART Center’s Training and Technical Assistance Core (TAC). Click for the full announcement here: smartcenter.uw.edu/job-opportunit… #schoolmentalhealth #researchanalyst

“Education must be centered on a love ethic” - dr kurt hatch at the annual washington school social work conference ⁦SchoolSocialWork.net⁩ ⁦SMART Center⁩

Please share this study recruitment opportunity for teachers -- an interesting study of special educators' implementation of Tier 1 social, emotional, and behavioral programs.

Rocking their SMART socks, Drs. Lyon and Bruns presented at Seattle Children’s Grand Rounds about our work with school districts in honor of our 10th anniversary! #10YearsStrong #InnovationInEducation