Abstract

The mental health of students is deteriorating at an alarming rate, presenting substantial challenges within educational settings. Given the well-documented relationship between student mental health and long-term adult mental health outcomes, it is crucial that these issues not be overlooked. Schools, as the primary settings where students spend most of their time, and teachers, as trusted resources, provide a meaningful and effective context for interventions. Over the past 3-4 years, the authors of this paper have collaborated with educational administrative bodies to provide group training and various consulting methods, enabling schools, teachers, and parents to competently address prevalent issues, such as student attention deficits and impulsive behavior. Furthermore, to enhance schools’ capacity to manage the rising incidence of suicide attempts and self-harm, and to strengthen the capabilities of school counselors while ensuring a safe educational environment, a “Visiting Expert Task Force” was deployed to schools experiencing crises, delivering therapeutic interventions on-site. This program dispatches professionals to schools experiencing crises, providing multidimensional therapeutic interventions and ongoing case management to improve school response capabilities, enhance the skills of school counselors, and ensure a safe educational environment. This paper describes these initiatives and considers how psychologists can establish collaborative and integrative school-based support models, with the ultimate goal of equipping more psychologists to collaborate in school settings based on their trained expertise and knowledge.