Mental Health Services Featuring EmpowerU
Increase Student Motivation, Mental Well-being & Success
Resilience cannot simply be taught — it must be learned through application. EmpowerU, Catapult Learning’s newest mental health service, provides evidence-based programs for students, educators, and families that improve motivation, resilience, and well-being. Programs are offered at the Tier 1 and Tier 2 levels of support with flexible delivery options that help districts expand their capacity to support their community’s needs.
Science-based and outcome-driven, EmpowerU’s unique approach blends technology with personalized support, including embedded 1:1 coaching at the Tier 2 level. Programs are easy to implement, engaging, and drive measurable results. 93% of students who complete EmpowerU report increased confidence and well-being.
The EmpowerU Difference
Student-Centered Approach
The EmpowerU difference hinges on a person-centered philosophy. Unlike most mental wellness programs that merely teach key concepts, EmpowerU is centered around each individual. When enrolled in EmpowerU, individuals set their own personal goals and then apply the acquired skills they learn toward achieving those goals. This personalized approach fosters evidence-based growth, and it’s proven to work!
Force Multiplier for Staff
EmpowerU delivers counselors and teachers an evidence-based, turnkey, manageable system without overburdening them with another tool to learn and implement. Staffing shortages only exacerbate the mental health crisis nationwide, but EmpowerU enables schools to reach every student without needing more hires or extra work for current staff. The average ROI for each $1 invested in EmpowerU is 18X.
Increased Resilience Drives Academic Gains
Mental well-being is not just about emotions. Improving mindset is directly correlated to an ability to thrive. EmpowerU enables students to reframe their Inner Critic thoughts into Inner Coach thoughts – helping them feel better and do better quickly. In fact, 90% of students make significant pre to post progress on meeting personal, social, emotional, and academic goals.
Real Stories, Proven Results
If there’s no data or measured student change because of your mental health and well-being programs, then what’s the point? You should expect and receive data on individual student growth and overall impact for every program your district invests in. EmpowerU is no different. We’re proud to share success stories highlighting the transformative growth seen in our partner districts.
Solutions for Your Whole Community
Drive measured outcomes with student centered instruction
EmpowerU’s universal classroom lessons go beyond teaching students vital concepts; they help students apply these concepts to their goals. With options for both teacher-led classroom plug-and-play lessons (K-12) and independent digital online student lessons (6-12), students learn to manage thoughts, emotions, and behaviors so they are ready to engage, learn, and create positive personal change.
Reach more students more quickly with better results
As soaring behavior and mental health needs outpace school capacity to meet them, districts need a partner they can trust to deliver effective support. EmpowerU Tier 2 programs are designed for students struggling with non-academic barriers to success, providing the personalized 1:1 support they need to fuel improvements in confidence, motivation, and success.
Improve educator wellbeing, engagement, and retention
This self-paced program is tailored to support educators in enhancing their wellbeing and rekindling their sense of purpose and commitment to work. Designed with the busy lives of educators in mind, this course provides practical tools for promoting resilience, modeling pro-social behaviors, and fostering classroom success. Participants benefit from personalized guidance from a 1:1 online instructor, facilitating daily connections between course content and individual goals.
Increase calm and communication at home
EmpowerU’s family engagement program helps school districts and childcare programs equip families with a structured resilience program that boosts self-regulation, coping skills, and calm. Families complete lessons together at home, learning valuable skills to improve behavior and establish healthy communication. Available in two versions: for families with elementary-age children and families with teens, and delivered in multiple modalities to meet the needs of busy families.
Recharge and reset for the upcoming school year
EmpowerU’s summer programs create the perfect window for students and educators to build the resilience and persistence skills needed to navigate rapidly rising levels of anxiety, depression, stress & burnout. Summer programs range from PreK to educator and are turnkey and easy to implement without a heavy lift on staff.
Helping Students Learn Critical 21st Century Life Skills
Life Skills programming allows children and adults to acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to establish and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, create and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
Catapult Learning’s Life Skills programming is based on the understanding that the best learning emerges as a result of supportive relationships that make learning challenging, engaging, and meaningful. Our programs expand students’ 21st century skills in critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and empathy—all necessary for success in college, careers, and beyond.
Our programming is built around the following five key competencies:
“The mental health crisis is much greater than our school’s capacity to fix it. Putting the ‘solve’ on administrators, classroom educators and school staff who are already stretched to meet escalating mental health needs (while also dealing with their own exhaustion and wellbeing) cannot be the only answer. EmpowerU increases our district’s capacity to meet this need with a proven and evidence-based approach that works- without putting more on our team.”
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