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Description
The realities of under-resourced schools, while often described in terms of constraint, also present a meaningful opportunity for schools to intentionally promote positive mental health. By recognizing and building upon students’ existing strengths and adaptive capacities, school-based initiatives can transform everyday environments and routines into contexts that foster regulation, inclusion, and well-being for all students now and in the future. The integration of positive mental health within a school system impacts the behavior, social-emotional learning (SEL) skills, and academic development of all students. Given this information a digital toolkit was created as a targeted, occupational therapy (OT) informed solution for a specific school community. The purpose of this poster is to describe the toolkit’s development, process, implementation, and impacts for OT practice in the school mental health setting.
Publication Date
Spring 4-8-2026
Publisher
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
Keywords
Positive mental health, School setting, Digital toolkit, Social-emotional learning (SEL), Implementation, Occupational therapy
Medical Subject Headings
Mental health, Students, Occupational therapy, Positive mental health promotion, School
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Occupational Therapy
Recommended Citation
Friedel, C. M., Blackwell, A., & Daniel, C. (2026, April 8). Implementing Positive Mental Health Promotion in an Under-Resourced School. Poster presented at the Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium, University of St Augustine for Health Sciences. Retrieved from https://soar.usa.edu/otdcapstonesspring2026/43
Comments
Poster presented at the OTD Capstone Symposium held at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences on April 23, 2026.