Whole Schools Approach to Mental Health

Recorded in late autumn 2025, this conversation was designed to provide leaders in schools and those responsible for the design and delivery of mental health services the opportunity to hear the experiences of colleagues from overseas to share:

• their experience of how they have implemented their whole schools approaches, what their learning is and what the key “watch-outs” are that colleagues could be aware of.
• how they are evaluating their services and the outcomes data they are using to measure the effectiveness of the whole school approach.
• what the impact has been – is it good value for money in short and long term, and the impact on demand for secondary services.

Peter was joined by Dr Hilva Chan, Education Programs Consultant, California Department of Education; Heather Nemour, Program Specialist, Student Wellness and Positive School Climate, Education Student Support Offices, San Diego County; Sara Geierstanger, Evaluation Director, School Health Evaluation and Research, Institute for Health Policy Studies, San Diego University; and Jack Bareilles, Grants and Evaluation Administrator, Northern Humboldt Union High School District.