1st Edition
Advocating for Mental Health Supports in Schools A Step-by-Step Guide
About the Author Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Section 1: Advocacy Truths 1. The Students are Not Okay and they Haven’t Been for a While 2. Your Past Led You Here 3. Advocacy is Uncomfortable 4. Advocacy Has a Strategic Scope 5. Advocacy is Relationship Building Section 2: The Policy Making Process 6. Boomerang Policy Making Model 7. Advocacy Action Phase 1: The Message 8. Advocacy Action Phase 2: The Puzzle 9. Advocacy Action Phase 3: Puzzle Management Section 3: Levels in Action 10. One State’s Policy Journey: Expanding Access to School-Based Mental Health Providers from the Federal Level to the Classroom 11. Federal Engagement 12. State Statutes 13. State Regulations 14. State Education Agencies 15. Institutes of Higher Education 16. Workforce Development: ARTERY Pipeline Framework 17. Local Education Agencies 18. School Role with Policies and Implementation 19. Getting Started Glossary Index
Biography
Katherine A. Dockweiler, EdD, NCSP, is a policy researcher and school psychologist. She is an assistant professor of School Psychology at Nevada State College, a Nevada State Board of Education member, NASP Communications Committee Chair, and creator of the ARTERY Pipeline Framework.
"Dr. Dockweiler expertly breaks down the advocacy process so that even the most inexperienced advocate will walk away from this book feeling empowered to advocate for school mental health services."
From the foreword by Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, PhD, Director of Policy and Advocacy, National Association of School Psychologists
"Advocating for Mental Health Supports in Schools is a fantastic resource for stakeholders engaged in student mental health work at all levels of policy making. It touches on collaboration, workforce, and funding priorities and provides a view of the policy landscape that is rarely placed in one resource."
Meghan McCann, JD, Assistant Director, Education Commission of the States
"I am excited for Advocating for Mental Health Supports in Schools as readers will find it a relatable and practical manual. We have a desperate need for a how-to book on advocacy and policy to inspire change around the topic of school-based mental health and workforce development."
Sara Hunt, PhD, Assistant Dean of Behavioral Health Sciences at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
