FCU – School Mental Health Collaborative

Family-Centered Ecological Assessment & Intervention to Address Student Threats of Violence and Promote Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Competence
The purpose of this project is to develop and pilot test the Family Check-Up Threat Assessment model, a family-centered ecological approach to assessment of and intervention for students who make school violence threats.

With Wisconsin Rural Partnership Funding, UW-Madison launches new projects to support rural and tribal communities
UW-Madison article from August 2023 about Wisconsin Rural Partnership funding to support rural and tribal communities. This includes a project led by Andy Garbacz entitled, “Promoting Family-Centered and Family-School-Community Mental Health Support for Children in Rural Wisconsin Communities.”

Promoting Integrated Family-School-Community Mental Health Support Children in Rural Wisconsin Communities
This project promotes integrated family-school-community mental health support for children in rural Wisconsin communities. In this project, we (1) engage in formative planning with community partners to enhance readiness; (2) provide training to education and human service professionals, including Extension educators, school staff, and community members; (3) provide supervision of those professionals, titrating the level of support over time to promote independence; (4) help community partners evaluate the effectiveness of mental health services; and (5) conduct an analysis of effectiveness inclusive of factors related to successful implementation and sustainment, to enhance the success of similar efforts in the future.

Family-Centered Intervention in Schools to Reduce Social and Behavioral Problems From Early Elementary School to Adolescence
The purpose of this project is to examine the long-term efficacy of the Kindergarten Family Check-Up (FCU), a school-based, family-centered intervention intended to prevent student social and behavioral problems.

Category: FCU