• Mental Health in Schools Toolkit – As a culmination of a U.S. Department of Education grant to integrate mental health services in schools, the Michigan Departments of Education and Community Health, in partnership with the School-Community Health Alliance of Michigan, would like to proudly announce the launch of a mental health in schools toolkit. This website provides you with the tools needed to assess your school district’s approach to mental health and improve educational performance through community collaboration.  Based upon the success of other communities––including three pilot programs funded through our planning grant ––we’ve created a series of tools that will help you:
  1. Assess Your District’s Approach to Mental Health in Schools
  2. Identify Existing Resources and Gaps in Your Program
  3. Organize Your Program and Optimize Your Resources
  4. Strengthen Your Approach for Integrating Mental Health in Schools
   
  MDE and MDCH would like to thank those who have reviewed and provided valuable input into this web-based resource.  Please take a moment to checkout the website, and the tools it can support you with in your work.  If you have any questions, or ideas on how to help improve the toolkit based on your work experience, please contact Lauren Kazee, Mental Health Consultant for MDE & MDCH, at kazeel@michigan.gov
  
  
• E-Transcript Initiative
  • CEPI Launches E-Transcript Initiative with Docufide – September 9, 2009 – The Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) has joined forces with the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) to offer the Michigan e-Transcript Initiative. Docufide, Incorporated will be providing e-Transcript services through its Docufide Secure Transcript Services. The State of Michigan will provide this program to all public and private Michigan high schools at no cost to either the students or the schools.
  • E-Transcript Benefits – initiative benefits for students, parents, secondary institutions, and post-secondary institutions.
  • E-Transcript Information – general information regarding the e-transcript initiative.
  • E-Transcript Information – general information regarding the e-transcript initiative.
  
  
• ACT News You Can Use – ACT's monthly News You Can Use electronic newsletter provides short articles to inform students and parents about college and career planning.
• EduGuide - Educator resources
  
• Personal Curriculum
• American Counseling Association Resources for School Counselors.
  A great source for many guides and articles related to counseling in American Schools.
  The following are some ACA publications reprinted with permission:
• • Effective Advocacy and Communication with Legislators
  • Effectiveness of School Counseling
  • Facts about School Mental Health Services
  • An Overview of School-based Mental Health Services
  • Estimated Student-to-Counselor Ratios, U.S. Elementary Schools
  • United States Student-to-Counselor Ratios
  • Estimated Student-to-Counselor Ratios, U.S. Secondary Schools
  • What is a School Counselor? A Resource Guide for Parents and Students
    
• American Counseling Association Publications
  A wide variety of publications, videos and other educational materials supporting the counseling profession, including new ACA revised Code of Ethics.
  
• Certification and Licensure of School Counselors
  Department of Education, July 6, 2006.
  
• What is a School Counselor: A Resource Guide for Parents and Students. This online brochure provides a quick overview of the role and value of school counselors.
  
• School Counselor: Making a Difference in the Lives of Students with Special Needs. This online brochure, from the National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education, provides an overview of the role of school counselors in special education.
  
• ACA Student to Counselor Ratio Chart for Elementary and Secondary Schools. Find out what the latest student-to-counselor ratios are in your state, broken down by elementary and secondary school.
  
• No Child Left Behind: Sources of Funding that Support School Counseling and Mental Health Services. This guide provides an overview of provisions in NCLB that allow use of funds for mental health and counseling services.
  
• Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program (ESSCP) Briefing Paper. Provides a recent update on the funding status of the only federal grant program that helps school districts hire more school counselors.
  
• Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act. Provides an update on the status of reauthorization for career and technical education programs.
  
• Anti-bullying/Harassment Legislation. Find out how you can support legislation that would amend the Safe and Drug Free Schools Act (SDFSA) to include bullying and harassment prevention programs.
  
• Forum Guide to Protecting the Privacy of Student Information (NCES). The Forum Guide gives a general overview of privacy laws and professional practices that apply to the information collected for, and kept in, student records.
  
• The Truth About School Counseling. Facts and myths about school counseling, with research bibliography.
  
• Review and Analysis of Current Outcome Research in School Counseling. From the Center for School Counseling Outcome Research, This paper reviews some of the issues in school counseling outcome research and how these issues relate to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Legislation.
  
• Articles Supporting Efficacy of School Counseling. Bibliography of school counselor research compiled by ACA.
  
• American Counseling Association 2006 Publications Catalog. Find and purchase the latest publications on school counseling.

Please contact Chris Campbell with ACA's Public Policy and Legislation staff for more information at (800) 347-6647 x-241.  For more information on federal issues impacting school counselors, visit www.counseling.org/public.

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