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National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH)
National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH)Annual Conference

Annual Conference

The 2025 Annual Conference on
Advancing School Mental Health

Information coming soon!

Since 1996, the National Center for School Mental Health has hosted the Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health. This premier interdisciplinary conference focuses on school mental health and brings together local, state, national, and international experts to advance knowledge and skills related to school mental health practice, research, training, and policy.

The Annual Conference brings together educators, counselors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, physicians, mental health leaders, policymakers, practitioners, researchers, family members, advocates, and other partners in the school mental health field to share the latest research and best practices. The conference emphasizes a shared school-family-community agenda to promote mental health, prevent issues, and provide interventions for students and families as part of a multi-tiered system of support. 

Some states where the conference has been held include Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Colorado, New Orleans, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, Florida, Arizona, Minnesota, New Mexico, South Carolina, Utah, California, Nevada, and more. 

This conference is hosted by the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH). If you have any questions, please contact the NCSMH team at 410-706-0980 or ncsmh@som.umaryland.edu or Conference Director Dr. Sylvia McCree-Huntley at shuntley@som.umaryland.edu.

Conference Objectives:

At the end of the conference, attendees will be able to: 

  • Identify three strategies for effectively implementing a full continuum of integrated school mental health approaches to support students’ academic, behavioral, and social-emotional success. 
  • List three evidence-based practices in school mental health.
  • Identify three action steps to meaningfully partner with youth and families in school mental health.  

Specialty Tracks:

  1. School Climate and Universal Mental Health Promotion
  2. Prevention and Early Intervention
  3. Mental Health Intervention and Treatment
  4. Implementation Drivers
  5. Education-Mental Health Integration and Collaboration
  6. Youth and Family Partnerships in Mental Health
  7. Cultural Responsiveness and Equity
  8. Advocacy and Policy
  9. Financing and Sustainability

Previous conference webpages