A School-based Intervention Project to Increase Completion of Upper Secondary School in Norway

The Dream School program is a whole school program, involving staff and students, with the aim of creating learning environments where students are confident and experience a sense of belonging, and where mental health is promoted.

"MHST is also a whole school project but aimed at specific students at risk of dropping out. It is a systematisation of the student services through~1. Co-location of services and staff working in services~2. One open door to increase accessibility to the services and staff for students~3. Focus on the transition from lower to upper secondary school~4. Close follow-up of students at risk to ensure tailored help to each student~5. Early intervention and follow up when students starts being absent from school This work demands cross- and multidisciplinary collaborations within the MHST, between MHST and school leadership, and between lower and upper secondary schools."