School-wide Inclusive Mental Health Promotion for Learning and Coordinated Community Engagement (SIMPLE) is a Model Demonstration Grant funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). The focus of this model demonstration is to improve school-based mental health for students with disabilities.

Project SIMPLE looks to collaboratively work with special education to establish, implement, evaluate, and continuously improve a model to enhance social, emotional, and school-based mental health (SBMH) services for adolescents with disabilities.

Key Features of Project SIMPLE:

• • Collaboration between SBMH teams and community providers
  • Design an educator driven SBMH model to support students with disabilities
  • Professional development that promotes mental health prevention practices and screening for students with disabilities
  • Summative evaluation of teacher and student outcomes through formative evaluation model implementation