Purpose
The Wisconsin School Mental Health Framework provides a vision for building more equitable, comprehensive, integrated, and formalized systems for promoting well-being in schools. Regardless of a school or district’s current school mental health infrastructure, school leaders can utilize a formalized change process to identify entry points into building a Comprehensive School Mental Health System (CSMHS).
Roadmap for School Mental Health Improvement
For state and regional partners: School Mental Health Improvement Tools: Roadmap for School Mental Health System Improvement Webinar
For more information on how the Roadmap for School Mental Health Improvement supports the Wisconsin School Mental Health Framework, check out the CSMH From Theory to Action Guide.
Tools for Continuous Improvement
The Fishbone Tool
The Fishbone Tool helps teams to engage in root cause analysis through visual exploration of the relationship between a problem and its potential causes. By better understanding the underlying factors contributing to a problem and organizing them in a meaningful way, teams can generate useful solutions to a problem.
School Mental Health Improvement Tools: Introduction to the Fishbone Tool Webinar
The Driver Diagram
The Driver Diagram is a tool used to visually represent a team’s working theory of improvement. This visual map is a key collaboration tool for improvement teams because it provides a common language and organizes efforts across many individuals coming together to solve a common problem.
School Mental Health Improvement Tools: Driver Diagram Webinar
The Empathy Interview Tool
The Empathy Interview Tool outlines a qualitative data collection strategy that uses interviews to understand an experience from the perspective of the interviewee. Using empathy interviews ensures that the diverse lived experiences of those most impacted are centered in the improvement process.
School Mental Health Improvement Tools: Empathy Interview Webinar
Measurement Planning Tool
Measurement Planning Tool - Measurement plans help teams to answer the question, “how will we know if the change is an improvement?” by continuously using data to inform improvement work.
School Mental Health Improvement Tools: Measurement for Improvement Webinar
Testing Changes in School Mental Health System Improvement Tool
The Testing Changes in School Mental Health System Improvement Tool guides teams in planning and testing changes to their school mental health system using Plan, Do, Study Act Cycles, with the goal of improvement.
Scaling and Spreading Improvements in Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems
The Scaling and Spreading Improvements in Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems Tool helps teams track Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycles over time to move from a change idea to an improvement that is embedded in everyday operations.