LEAs' technical assistance needs for school-based behavioral health span care coordination, sustainability, infrastructure, and services for students¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2029: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? LEAs request TA across four major areas: care coordination for students, sustainability, infrastructure, and services for students. → Eisenberg 2024

Evidence¶

Eisenberg 2024¶

Eisenberg, L., Krausen, K., & Caparas, R. (2024). Schools can't do it alone: Envisioning a statewide system of support to advance school-based behavioral health in California. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED655750

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Analysis of LEAs' SBHIP needs assessments and project plans plus interviews with managed care plan representatives and school-based health experts found that "LEAs' TA needs span a variety of topic areas." Table 1 organizes these into care coordination, sustainability, infrastructure, and services for students, including FERPA/HIPAA guidance, Medi-Cal billing, data-sharing MOUs, and MTSS coordination.

"Based on WestEd's recent analysis of LEAs' SBHIP needs assessments and project plans, as well as interviews with representatives of COEs of managed care plans (MCPs) and with school-based health experts from a variety of organizations and sectors (Caparas et al., 2024), LEAs' TA needs span a variety of topic areas."

Discussion¶

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