Resources for school mental health early intervention

Screeners, tools, policies and guides to help schools identify and intervene early with student mental health needs.

Mental health training and support

There are various initiatives to help schools notice and support students with mental health needs. For more information, refer to: Mental Health in Schools.

Resources

Orygen Youth mental health early intervention guide

We’ve partnered with Orygen to develop a guide with early warning signs, actions and supports: Youth mental health early intervention guide (DOCX, 186KB).

headspace free counselling

Secondary students in Victorian Government schools can access to free face-to-face and phone counselling services with headspace counselling for secondary students.

Screeners and tools

Teachers can use the student check-in screening tool to identify students who may be at risk of social, emotional, and academic behaviours which interfere with their learning.

Mental Health support during school holidays

Mental health support, resources and advice are available for students and families to access over the school holidays. Two fact sheets for students and families:

support positive mental health and wellbeing of students
identify signs students may need mental health support
access available support.

These fact sheets are also available in 19 different languages. To access the factsheets, including translated factsheets, visit: mental health supports for students over school holidays.