Publication Date
6-26-2025
Document Type
Presentation
Organizational Units
Morgridge College of Education, Research Methods and Statistics, Teaching and Learning Sciences, Child, Family, and School Psychology, Research Methods and Information Science
Keywords
Rural education, Mental health, Partnerships, Capacity
Abstract
Our nation's youth are in dire need of increased access to high-quality school-based mental health (SBMH) services. In Colorado’s rural areas, the school psychologist-to-student ratio is 1:2,128— over four times the recommended level. Our team secured $4M in federal and state funding to implement an innovative partnership strategy for strengthening rural SBMH capacity. We describe how innovative partnerships enabled us to overcome systemic barriers to training future school psychologists as they live, work, and learn in rural settings. Our culturally sustaining approach to program design, implementation, and evaluation leverages family-school-community partnerships to expand rural SBMH capacity.
Copyright Date
6-4-2025
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
All Rights Reserved.
Rights Holder
Robyn Thomas Pitts and Amy K. McDiarmid
Provenance
Received from author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
15 pgs
File Size
2.6 MB
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Recommended Citation
Thomas Pitts, Robyn and McDiarmid, Amy K., "Innovative Partnerships to Expand School-Based Health Capacity in Rural Communities" (2025). DU Rural Summit Conference Proceedings. 1.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/du_rural_summit_proceedings/1
https://doi.org/10.56902/DURS.2025.7
DOI Link
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