Resources for SBHCs

Trauma ScreenTIME Pediatric Primary Care Course

The ScreenTIME course equips professionals in child-serving systems with best practices for trauma screening. Designed to support early identification of traumatic stress in children, the course helps child-serving staff identify and support children suffering from traumatic stress as early as possible and connect those in need with effective services.

School Mental Health Quality Guide on Screening

Part of a collection of resources developed by the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, this guide contains background information on school mental health screening in addition to best practices, possible action steps, examples from the field, and supplemental resources.

Mental Health Screening Tools for School Settings

This resource provides an overview of screening in the schools and considerations for screening in the school setting.  It also includes a curated list of sample tools that can be administered by students, educators, or parents.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)’s Bright Futures Toolkit:  Links to Commonly Used Screening Instruments and Tools includes tools for use during Bright Futures visits as well as screening and assessment tools for use at the discretion of the health care professional.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)’s Screening Technical Assistance and Resource (STAR) Center focuses on early childhood screening and offers a Screening Tool Finder to help identify appropriate tools for assessing child development, perinatal depression, and social drivers of health.

Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program Primary Care Behavioral Health Screening Toolkit provides guidance on using standardized behavioral health screening tools in the primary care setting. It addresses clinical considerations, such as integrating screening into well-child visits and responding to  elevated risk, and includes several MassHealth-approved tools.