Chrysalyst, An Application for School Teachers to Identify Students with Mental Health Concerns

Abstract

The current infrastructure in schools cannot keep up with the demand for personalized attention. Currently, most school counselors rely on teacher or parent referrals to identify and evaluate behavioral or psychological challenges in students. This is a post-facto approach rather than a pre-emptive one. This paper examines the use and framework of chrysalyst, which is a mobile application designed for schoolteachers to track the mental health of students on an ongoing basis and pre-emptively alert a counselor if any intervention may be required, thus increasing access to a support system for students in need. This paper is intended to serve as a proof of concept for the chrysalyst application, along with preliminary testing data collected in a live environment.