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Glossary of Student Mental Wellness Concepts

This Policy Outline defines several common terms related to child development, student mental health and wellness, and school-based health services. Understanding these terms, which are distinct but connect in various ways, is critical to the policymaking process.Other resources in this line of work are:

This project has been made possible, in part, by a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

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Feb. 2, 2021

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