Helping Kidz Thrive

With this service, Mind Springs works alongside school counselors, teachers, and administrators to promote social, emotional, and behavioral well-being for all students while encouraging a positive-school climate and staff well-being. Schools can expect a dedicated, on-site resource for their team.

School Needs Assessments

Mind Springs completes comprehensive assessments with staff to understand a school’s needs for planning focuses and program implementation called Listen, Learn, and Connect.

Policy and Procedures Review
Data Analysis & Surveys like Health Kids Colorado
Resource Mapping
Program Review and Creation
Program Implementation
Program Updates
Community Partner Relationships

School-Based Mental Health Specialist

The Mental Health Specialist provided by Mind Springs works alongside school counselors, teachers, and administrators to promote social, emotional, and behavioral well-being for all students while encouraging a positive-school climate and staff well-being. Schools can expect a dedicated, on-site resource for their team.

The specialist assists schools in creating, implementing and sustaining targeted mental health programming, as well as supports referrals to aligned community partners in mental health and developmental pediatrics. The School-Based Mental Health Specialist follows a structured process as outlined by the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) that is correlated to the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) and approach.

School-Based Mental Health Advocate

Mind Springs is committed to removing barriers for youth mental health services for educators, families, teens and children.

Typical Barriers:

Limited number of available mental health resources in the local community.
Challenges around scheduling and connecting with mental health resources.
Transportation hurdles with getting students to providers or therapists.

The Advocate works to remove barriers, coordinates appointments, ensures confidentiality and flexibility, completes assessments, and more.

The Advocate coordinates with school staff to set up direct access to a Mind Springs psychiatric provider and/or licensed clinical therapist, which are available across our 13-county treatment region. The Advocate works with staff to identify private and comfortable spaces for students to confidentially access telehealth appointments with a licensed therapist or psychiatric provider. Fully secure and HIPAA-compliant iPads are provided at no additional cost. Appointment times are flexible and can be done before, during, or after school hours. The Advocate:

completes an assessment with the student and their parent and/or caregivers.
schedules time for the student with a psychiatric provider or licensed therapist.
connects with other community and mental health partners for distinct student and family resource needs.

Referral Requests can be sent to: mshcf@mindspringshealth.org

Requests can also be made by phone: 970.241.6023

Mental Health Literacy

Mind Springs can help schools create mental health awareness and educational toolkits that are impactful and bolster a school’s mental health programming.

Options Include:

Mental Health Awareness
Trauma-Informed Care
Suicide Intervention & Education
Substance Use
Neurodiversity Awareness
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging
Social Emotional Learning
Custom Topic

School Needs Assessments

Mind Springs completes comprehensive assessments with staff to understand a school’s needs for planning focuses and program implementation called Listen, Learn, and Connect.

Policy and Procedures Review
Data Analysis & Surveys like Health Kids Colorado
Resource Mapping
Program Review and Creation
Program Implementation
Program Updates
Community Partner Relationships

Training & Resourcing Support

Mind Springs supports staff development as well as student and parent education through training, coaching, and resourcing customized for your school’s needs.

Mental Health First Aid for Youth: How to help youth ages 12-18 experiencing a mental health addiction challenge or crisis.
QPR Suicide Prevention: How to empower schools and communities with suicidal and in-crisis students effectively.
ASIST Suicide Prevention: How to provide evidence-based and potentially life-saving interventions for suicidal situations.
Train the Trainer – Teen Mental Health First Aid: How to identify and respond to signs of mental health and substance use concerns with peers and friends (Educators can then provide direct trainings for ages 15-18).