COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The University of Missouri has received a $10 million
federal grant to establish a National Center for Rural School Mental Health.
The university announced in a news release Wednesday that it received the grant
from the U.S. Department of Education.
The proposed center would study ways to improve programs focused on the
emotional and psychological needs of rural students. Researchers and staff at
the center would create online data and training systems to support the needs of
rural school students.
Wendy Reinke of the College of Education has worked for four years with a team
of researchers to develop a survey identifying behavioral and emotional problems
in rural schools. The goal is to use the survey in at least 110 schools in
Missouri, Virginia and Montana within five years.
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