Healthcare workers and Educators Addressing and Reducing Trauma (HEART) Learning Collaborative Application
Objective: To provide practical guidance, hands on learning opportunities, and expert technical assistance to teams of school-based and community health professionals working together to provide excellent, trauma-informed mental health care to students in grades Pre-K-12.
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Background: Leaders in education, community-based primary healthcare, and those with lived experience of mental illness have been meeting since November 2020 to discuss effective collaboration between schools and healthcare centers or community mental/behavioral health centers to address trauma as the Healthcare workers and Educators Addressing and Reducing Trauma (HEART) Collective. Out of the HEART Collective discussions came the need for a learning collaborative to explore how best practices in this process look in the real world, while supporting the educators, healthcare workers, and mental health professionals involved in these multi-sector collaborations.
This initiative is led by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), the Region One Offices of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA), in partnership with the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) and the New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC).

By the close of the learning collaborative, participants will:
-Gain tools, strategies, and skills for maintaining effective collaborations between school-based and community-based health professionals and overcoming barriers to providing school-based mental health supports
-Make an action plan for strong collaboration between schools and community-based health professionals to provide school-based mental health supports and/or systems for their school/district
-Receive intensive technical assistance to help them troubleshoot current collaboration challenges
-Learn how to communicate to families, students, and the school community the importance of collaboration between schools, community-based mental health and healthcare providers, and and other community members, and to further involve all stakeholders in the task of cultivating a compassionate school community to address and buffer against trauma

Participants are eligible for 15 hours of Continuing Education Units (CEUs) upon completion of the program.

This application should be completed and submitted by a district or school administrator/leader by September 10. Please e-mail dasby@edimprovement.org with any questions.
Application Questions
Why does your school/community need this support? Please include any circumstances that makes providing improved mental health support to students urgent, i.e. high rates of opioid misuse, extreme poverty, neighborhood violence, youth suicide, concerns related to mental health challenges, community lack of awareness around mental health, etc. *
Tell us about the collaboration regarding school-based mental health between school and community-based professionals. How long have you been working together? What barriers have you experienced? *
Please rate where you believe your team is. Consider specifically collaborations between schools and other entities around student mental health. Most team members: *
What are your goals in joining this learning collaborative? *
We are interested in helping schools and organizations develop a collaborative process that can be self-sustaining after the close of the learning collaborative. What do you have that will support sustainability and what would be helpful to achieve sustainability? Consider staffing, funding, space allocation, community involvement, etc. *
There are some elements of an effective collaboration that teams should have in place before beginning this collaboration. Please indicate that you do now or will have by August 2021 the following elements (Please note that lacking one of these elements does not disqualify you from participation): *
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Can all members of your team commit to attending learning collaborative sessions and using staff time to complete implementation activities (~3-4 hours/month from August 2021-February 2022)? Please see the anticipated learning collaborative schedule in the next section for more information. *
For this learning collaborative, we ask that you have a team of at least eight, but no more than ten people. We have determined six roles that must be included in your team, as well as four optional roles from which to choose at least two participants. You may have multiple participants in the same role. If your team cannot meet these requirements, please reach out to us via the contact information at the bottom of this application.
Please enter the names, titles, and organizations/schools of each person on your team below.
Must Include: School/District Leadership *
Must Include: Classroom and/or Special Education Teacher(s) *
Must Include: Community-based Healthcare Organization/Agency Administrator or Manager *
Must Include: School/Agency Mental Health Clinical Provider *
Must Include: Family Engagement Representative/Family with Lived Experience/PTO *
Must Include: Student/Youth *
May Include: Additional School Staff, such as Paraprofessionals, Behaviorists, Etc.
May Include: Additional Agency/Organization Staff, such as Quality Improvement Associates, General Practitioners, Etc.
May Include: Prevention and/or Recovery Treatment Professionals
May Include: Other Community Based Organization Members
Please include the team lead(s)’s contact information, so we may follow up about your participation in the learning collaborative.
Lead 1 Name *
Lead 1 Role/Title *
Lead 1 Organization *
Lead 1 City, State *
Lead 1 E-mail Address
Lead 1 Phone Number *
Lead 2 Name
Lead 2 Role/Title
Lead 2 Organization
Lead 2 City, State
Lead 2 E-mail Address
Phone Number
HEART Learning Collaborative Schedule and Commitment
In this Learning Collaborative, you’ll connect with other teams in New England doing this work and experts in the field in order to enhance the effectiveness of your collaborations; more deeply involve families, community organizations, healthcare centers, and mental/behavioral health organizations in your school-based mental health support system; and cultivate compassionate school communities to buffer against and address trauma.
As a HEART Fellow, you will:
-Participate in content sessions with experts from August to October 2021
-Meet with the HEART Learning Collaborative Fellows and/or smaller groups within the collaborative for shared learning experiences from November 2021 to January 2022
-Develop an Action Plan with your team to enhance collaboration efficacy
-Work with your team between sessions to complete Action Plan steps in your school
-Engage in intensive technical assistance sessions with HEART Collective members throughout the course of the collaborative
-Share your experience, growth, and next steps with mental and behavioral health leaders in a showcase event in February 2022

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Anticipated HEART Learning Collaborative Schedule
Specific dates and times of content sessions and whole group learning sessions will be determined once all teams have made their formal participation commitment.

Thank you for your interest in the HEART Collective and the HEART Learning Collaborative. If you have any questions, please contact the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center’s Education Coordinator, Dana Asby at dasby@edimprovement.org.
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