When schools start talking about addressing the mental health needs of kids, someone in the room usually says something like: "We're educators, not therapists. That's not what we do." It’s a fair claim, and if a school-based mental health framework is asking teachers to do therapy, there's a problem with the framework.

In 2021, BHII launched the NH Multi-Tiered System of Supports for Behavioral Health and Wellness Technical Assistance (MTSS-B TA) Center in partnership with the Office of Student and Educator Wellness (OSEW) at the NH Department of Education.

The Behavioral Health Improvement Institute serves as the external evaluator for a local NH school district’s school violence prevention efforts, supported by a federal grant to develop school threat assessment teams and implement the Comprehensive School Violence Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG) developed out of the University of Virginia. CSTAG is a nationally recognized, evidence-based, and multidisciplinary framework for assessing student threats of violence in K-12 schools.