Pitt Launches School-based Behavioral Health Web Site That Promotes The Behavioral Health and Safety of Children and Adolescents

PITTSBURGH-The University of Pittsburgh School of Education has launched a School-based Behavioral Health (SBBH) Web site, www.sbbh.pitt.edu, to promote the behavioral health of children and adolescents by providing resources for children and teens who face emotional and behavioral challenges, their families, and the professionals who counsel them.

The effort is a collaboration of faculty and students from the School of Education's Applied Developmental Psychology Program and its institutional partners, including the Pittsburgh Public Schools, Highmark Foundation, Watson Institute, and Staunton Farm Foundation.

Pitt applied developmental psychology faculty and students developed many of the Web site's available resources, which are categorized for use by families, youth, and professionals. Families can find information to help understand the behavioral health challenges of a loved one, and youth can learn about emotional and behavioral disorders that they, friends, or family members may be facing. The site provides health care providers with various professional development resources.

Information on mental health disorders is presented on the SBBH Web site in the form of brochures, handouts, handbooks, forms, newsletters, and slide presentations and podcasts with accompanying study guides.

For more information on the SBBH Web site, contact Mary Margaret Kerr at mmkerr@pitt.edu.

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