Helping Students and Patrons Reach Available Mental Health Care
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Help people find information, resources, and pathways to support.
Jesse Scaccia explores mental health care access as a media literacy challenge.
Imagine a student or patron who needs mental health care. Now, imagine that help exists, but the path to it is confusing, hidden, stigmatized, or buried online. Would that person still reach care? Mental health support is often available, but students and patrons may not know where to look, whom to trust, or how to take the first step when needed most.
Join Jesse Scaccia for this webinar to explore mental health care access as a media literacy challenge, identify communication barriers students and patrons face, and consider how librarians can become trusted guides who help people find credible information, campus resources, and pathways to support.
If you're interested but can't attend the webinar, go ahead and register. We'll send a recording after the live event.
Join us on Wednesday, August 26, 2026
at 2:00 pm US Eastern, 11:00 am US Pacific
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If you're interested but not able to attend the live webinar, go ahead and register. We'll send a recording to all registrants after the event.
About Jesse
Jesse Scaccia, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Social Justice Journalism in the Media, Communications, and Journalism Department at California State University, Fresno. He is the author of Media Literacy and Mental Health Care Access, a book of original research examining how media literacy can help young adults find and access available mental health care. His teaching and scholarship focus on media literacy, student well-being, social justice journalism, personal narrative, and the communication systems that connect underserved communities with resources and care. He also teaches and conducts research in incarcerated settings, using storytelling and writing as tools for empowerment, rehabilitation, and social change.
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Learn how librarians can become trusted guides who help people find credible information, campus resources, and pathways to support.