Barriers and Solutions to Effective Mental Health Services in Rural Schools: A Delphi Study

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Examines strategies to provide effective school-based mental health services in rural areas. Utilizes feedback from 30 rural educators and discusses issues such as behavioral health workforce shortages, stigma, limited access to services, infrastructure problems, community partnership needs, classroom social-emotional learning, and more.

Rawn Boulden, Anna Simmons

The Rural Educator, 47(3), 37-46

06/2026

Access · Behavioral health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand · Mental health · Networking and collaboration · Schools · Stigma