In an effort to address the needs of our school communities, School Mental Health (SMH) has established clinics and centers throughout the District to provide high quality, direct mental health services to students and families in conveniently located facilities.   

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School Mental Health provides prevention, early intervention, and intensive mental health treatment to LAUSD students and families through an integrated network of eight Wellness Centers, six Mental Health Clinics, and multiple school sites. This has been made possible, in part, through a unique interagency contract, the first agreement of its kind in the country, between School Mental Health and the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH). This contract is now in its twenty-sixth year. Services provided through our Clinics and Wellness Center encompass a public mental health approach and are inclusive of our Wellness Intern Program. Clinicians and interns in this program provide individual, family, and group therapy, parenting classes, and classroom-based prevention programs at Clinic and Wellness Centers and their feeder schools.