[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-583132-105":59,"doc-detail-583132-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","using-a-system-dynamics-approach-to-improve-student-mental-health","Using a System Dynamics Approach to Improve Student Mental Health","","A 2023–2024 technical assistance effort supported community advocates in Charleston, SC; Gulfport, MS; and Tulsa, OK to increase access to equitable, school-based mental health services. The work applied community-based system dynamics to map upstream factors affecting student mental health, using causal loop diagrams to reveal cycles blocking change. Cross-site insights showed teacher burnout, community input, and student–teacher trust shaped by structural racism, informing policy levers for improving outcomes and referrals.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/using-a-system-dynamics-approach-to-improve-student-mental-health/583132/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/using-a-system-dynamics-approach-to-improve-student-mental-health/583132.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"\tJames","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-10","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":39},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What was the workshop’s guiding question?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"It asked: “What factors contribute to student mental health outcomes in our communities?” Participants brainstormed variables and mapped how they interacted.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"Why did training policies have limited impact in the model?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Teacher burnout reduced the effectiveness of training; teachers faced low pay and competing priorities, limiting engagement and implementation.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"How did community input influence policy outcomes?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"Engaging students and families improved overall knowledge of policies and helped shape policy language beyond one-size-fits-all approaches.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},583132,1792832671,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":39,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":19,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":52,"preview_page_count":4},2336474466412,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_155a257f0dc6eb9ab79c44ca47cae57d","JANUARY 2025  \nBY KAYLA TAWA AND ISHA WEERASINGHE  \nUSING A SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH TO IMPROVE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH  \nINTRODUCTION  \nFrom June 2023 to April 2024, CLASP and TYP Collaborative provided technical assistance to community advocates in three localities: Charleston, SC, Gulfport, MS, and Tulsa, OK. Our goal was to increase access to equitable school-based mental health services.  \nWe used Community-Based System Dynamics to understand what upstream factors impacted student mental health outcomes and what was needed to make policy changes. System dynamics is a set of tools that elicit and represent mental models that members of a system hold about di erent dynamic problems, and allow us a way to test those models. In this case, the system was the school district. The goal of system dynamics is to understand how di erent parts of a system interact to see what the levers of change are and what’s holding the system in place.  \nTo better support the mental health of students and increase referrals to services, an increasing number of states have mandated that teachers receive mental health training. Many of the localities we worked with wanted to replicate this idea. When researching how to best implement this training, we found that many of the existing policies were not producing the desired results, to address inequities across race and other identities in student mental health. System dynamics with each locality helped us to better understand why.  \nSystem dynamics starts by identifying what members want to 􀀞x and framing that problem as a neutral question. Our workshop's guiding question was,“What factors contribute to student mental health outcomes in our communities?” Throughout the workshop, participants brainstormed all the variables that impacted student mental health outcomes in their communities and began to map out how those variables interacted with one another.  \nAt the end of the workshop, we created a model for each system called a causal loop diagram. In each diagram, we identi􀀞ed the cycles that were holding the system in place and preventing change. Each model identi􀀞ed policy levers that could reroute negative outcomes.  \nWhile every district and community is unique and what one works in one may not work in another, our team identi􀀞ed three key insights across these systems that helped explain why existing policies were not producing the desired outcomes and what policies could move the needle on school-based mental health. They were:  \n1. Teacher mental health and burnout are key factors impacting student mental health.  \n2. Community input will improve policy outcomes.  \n3. Lack of trust between students and teachers impacts student mental health outcomes and is rooted in structural racism.  \nUsing a System Dynamics Approach to Improve Student Mental Health  \nKEY INSIGHTS  \n􀀞􀀝􀀜􀀛􀀞􀀚 􀀘􀀞􀀗􀀖􀀝􀀕 􀀔􀀞􀀝􀀕􀀖􀀛  \nFirst, we found that teacher burnout, fueled by low pay and competing priorities, is a key limitation to the e ectiveness of training policies. Training policies alone would have a limited impact because of the balancing e ect of teacher burnout.  \nMental health education is just one of many required teacher trainings. While teachers often complete them, they are not always able to fully engage with, retain, or implement the material due to the many competing demands and priorities they balance. This training became just another box they had to check. In our model, the biggest policy lever for reducing teacher burnout was improving teacher pay.  \n􀂏􀀏􀀏􀀑􀀆􀀃 􀀒􀀝􀀕􀀒􀀓􀀛􀀜􀀞 􀀜􀀗􀀞 􀀕􀀒􀀏􀀞􀀓􀀜􀀒􀀑􀀝 􀀑􀀐 􀀜􀀗􀀞 􀀏􀀞􀀚􀀛􀀜􀀒􀀑􀀝􀂀􀂏 􀀈􀀑􀀃􀀒􀀜􀀒􀂂􀀞 􀀃􀀒􀀅􀀝 􀂃􀂄􀂅 􀀋􀀞􀀛􀀝􀀃 􀀜􀀗􀀞 􀀜􀀆􀀑 􀂂􀀛􀀏􀀒􀀛􀂆􀀚􀀞􀀃 􀀋􀀑􀂂􀀞 􀀒􀀝􀀜􀀗􀀞 􀀃􀀛􀀋􀀞 􀀕􀀒􀀏􀀞􀀓􀀜􀀒􀀑􀀝 􀂃􀀒􀂀􀀞􀂀 􀀋􀀑􀀏􀀞 􀀑􀀐 􀀑􀀝􀀞 􀀈􀀏􀀑􀀕􀀔􀀓􀀞􀀃 􀀋􀀑􀀏􀀞􀀑􀀐 􀀜􀀗􀀞 􀀑􀀜􀀗􀀞􀀏􀂅􀂀 􀂏 􀀝􀀞􀀅􀀛􀀜􀀒􀂂􀀞 􀀃􀀒􀀅􀀝 􀂃􀁿􀂅 􀀒􀀝􀀕􀀒􀀓􀀛􀀜􀀞􀀃 􀀜􀀗􀀞 􀀜􀀆􀀑􀂂􀀛􀀏􀀒􀀛􀂆􀀚􀀞􀀃 􀀋􀀑􀂂􀀞 􀀒􀀝 􀀑􀀈􀀈􀀑􀀃􀀒􀀜􀀞 􀀕􀀒􀀏􀀞􀀓􀀜􀀒􀀑􀀝􀀃􀂃􀀒􀂀􀀞􀂀 􀀋􀀑􀀏􀀞 􀀑􀀐 􀀑􀀝􀀞 􀀋􀀞􀀛􀀝􀀃 􀀚􀀞􀀃􀀃 􀀑􀀐 􀀜􀀗􀀞 􀀑􀀜􀀗􀀞􀀏􀂅􀂀  \n􀂍􀀞􀀛􀀓􀀗􀀞􀀏􀀂􀀔􀀏􀀝􀀑􀀔􀀜  \n􀂍􀀞􀀃􀀜􀀒􀀝􀀅  \nR4  \n􀂍􀀞􀀃􀀜􀀎􀀓􀀑􀀏􀀞􀀃  \n􀀎􀀜􀀛􀀜􀀞􀀛􀀆􀀋􀀛􀂁􀀞􀀏􀀄􀀏􀀒􀀑􀀏􀀒􀀜􀀒􀀞􀀃  \n􀀎􀀑􀀋􀀞􀀜􀀒􀀋􀀞􀀃 􀀚􀀑􀀑􀀈􀀃 􀀛􀀏􀀞 􀀝􀀑􀀜􀀞􀀕 􀀛􀀃 􀀛 􀀂􀀛􀀚􀀛􀀝􀀓􀀒􀀝􀀅􀀑􀀑􀀈 􀂃􀀂􀂇 􀀛􀂆􀀑􀂂􀀞􀂅 􀀑􀀏 􀀛 􀀞􀀒􀀝􀀐􀀑􀀏􀀓􀀒􀀝􀀅 􀀑􀀑􀀈 􀂃 􀂈􀀛􀂆􀀑􀂂􀀞􀂅􀂀 􀀑􀀏􀀞 􀀒􀀝􀀐􀀑􀀏􀀋􀀛􀀜􀀒􀀑􀀝 􀀛􀂆􀀑􀀔􀀜 􀀏􀀞􀀒􀀝􀀐􀀑􀀏􀀓","cbCaigerHOyzlgQt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigerHOyzlgQt","pdf",1133065,"English","# Introduction\n# Using a System Dynamics Approach to Improve Student Mental Health\n## Key Insights\n## Policy Implications","[{\"question\":\"What was the workshop’s guiding question?\",\"answer\":\"It asked: “What factors contribute to student mental health outcomes in our communities?” Participants brainstormed variables and mapped how they interacted.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did training policies have limited impact in the model?\",\"answer\":\"Teacher burnout reduced the effectiveness of training; teachers faced low pay and competing priorities, limiting engagement and implementation.\"},{\"question\":\"How did community input influence policy outcomes?\",\"answer\":\"Engaging students and families improved overall knowledge of policies and helped shape policy language beyond one-size-fits-all approaches.\"}]","Using a System Dynamics Approach to Improve Student Mental Health | PDF",1792045941]