Mental Health Professional and Student Mental Health Needs Survey

I am writing today to encourage you to participate in a brief, confidential online survey regarding student mental health. The purpose of this survey is to gather information to better understand the mental health needs, necessary supports, and available services for students. This information will be particularly helpful as we plan to recruit 10,000 mental health clinicians to support California students. For more information on this initiative, please see the California Department of Education (CDE) news release on the CDE Year 2021 web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr21/yr21rel100.asp.

This survey is administered by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) with support from the CDE’s Project Cal-Well mental health initiative. Read more about the initiative on the CDE Project Cal-Well web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/cg/mh/projectcalwell.asp.

Confidentiality is critical; therefore, your survey responses will be kept private by the UCSF team. The CDE, your staff, students, their parents, and other schools will not see your individual survey responses.

The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. To ensure a high response rate, you may receive follow-up emails from UCSF and CDE to encourage you to complete the survey.

I hope you will participate in this voluntary survey to assist in efforts to better address the emotional and behavioral needs of our students statewide. Please complete the survey by March 1, 2022, by going to the UCSF 2021–22 California Principals survey web page at https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_83bSakhXzWz2EL4.

If you require technical assistance to access the survey, please contact Dr. Samira Soleimanpour at UCSF at Samira.Soleimanpour@ucsf.edu.

If you have any further questions, please contact Monica Nepomuceno, Interim Education Administrator, Office of School-Based Health Programs, at mnepomuceno@cde.ca.gov.

Sincerely,

Tony Thurmond
State Superintendent of Public Instruction

TT:mn

Last Reviewed: Friday, February 25, 2022

Share this Page

Share via Email

Recently Posted in Letters

2023 California Teachers of the Year Program (added 17-Jun-2022)
Letter to County and District Superintendents, Charter School Administrators, and Principals regarding the 2023 California Teachers of the Year Program.
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (added 10-Jun-2022)
Letter to County and District Superintendents and Charter School Administrators regarding the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Career Exploration Program.
2022 California Student Mock Election (added 24-May-2022)
Letter from the California Department of Education and the California Secretary of State to County and District Superintendents, Charter School Administrators, and High School and Middle School Principals regarding the 2022 CA Student Mock Election.
Ensuring All Students Learn to Read by 3rd Grade (added 18-May-2022)
Calling All Schools: The Plan to Ensure all Students Learn to Read by Third Grade
CA Labor Management Initiative Summer Institute (added 06-May-2022)
Letter to County and District Superintendents regarding the 2022 California Labor Management Initiative Summer Institute, being held June 21–23, 2022.