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Mental health in schools

How schools can promote mental health, build resilience and refer students to the right services.

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Topics in this section

  1. Promote mental health

    Promoting healthy minds and positive mental health in schools

  2. Counselling for secondary students

    How to access the service, setting up counselling settings

  3. Suicide response and prevention

    Guidelines for responding to an incident, school support programs, professional learning

  4. Build student resilience

    What resilience is, what schools can do to improve student resilience, models and evidence base

  5. Victorian system of care referral matrix

    a tool to appropriately refer children and young people to mental health services

  6. Combat racism in schools

    Programs to combat racism and promote equality in schools

  7. Mental health support after an emergency

    Support resources for children and staff affected by emergencies or natural disasters

  8. National School Chaplaincy Program guidelines

    How schools run the program

  9. Enhancing mental health support in schools

    A program to support school communities to identify and intervene early with mental health needs of students

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