Universally Designed Mental Health Programming

Following the tragedy of two young students who died in a double suicide at a local high school, a team of psychiatrists, SEL experts, counselors, teachers, and educational leaders came together to discuss processes for healing, and future programming to build resiliency and distress tolerance (a psychiatric term) in students. This resource led to the adoption of principles of Universal Design (i.e. for all students, through multiple means, and with diversity in mind) and development of a mental health program in collaboration with the team, which is just now beginning to be implemented in schools.