Youth co-design:
Youth co-design: Youth were engaged in extensive design research to surface insights and guidelines for product development. They were invited back to provide feedback on early prototypes and a pilot platform and then the final build. Youth were actively engaged in providing feedback on tone, style, design, activities and copy.

Scout (by Sutter Health)

Scout by Sutter Health is a webapp that helps teens and young adults build resilience to navigate difficult emotions and life’s curveballs and better manage everyday mental health. Scout is also for parents, friends and families to help them support the young people they care about. Scout offers a personalized experience with evidence-based content, tools, tips and activities.
Product specs
  • Student mental health focus areas: Develop life and character-building skills; Improve recognition of and response to signs of distress
  • Product category: Check-ins; Curriculum/lessons; Screening/assessment; Self-guided activities 
  • Age of users: Ages 13+
  • Technology required: Web browser; Mobile app (iOS or Android)
  • Tiers of intervention: Tier 1, Tier 2 
  • District experience: 1,000-5,000 students
  • Free version available?: No

Impact

Users are rating 66% of all modules 4.5 to 5/5 and 25% at 3.7 to 4/5. 10% of users indicate population baseline scores of: High resilience: 9.50%; Moderate resilience: 37.28%; Low resilience: 53.22%. Over time Scout will be tracking these scores to determine impact on resilience.

Privacy & Safety

As a product developed out of the large healthcare system, Sutter Health, privacy and safety is a priority. All user data is de-identified and only available in aggregate form so that no information can be identified to any single individual.

Data provided to school/district

Scout provides population level metrics via quarterly reports with the following information: Number of users; Active Users: Daily, weekly, & monthly; User type: Age, Race (when shared),Gender (when shared); Resilience trends; Escalations/Nudges: Number of nudges to external support.

Accessibility
  • Web accessibility: The product is WCAG 2.1 AA compliant. 
  • Language: Scout is currently available in English and Spanish.

Youth co-design:
Youth co-design: Youth were engaged in extensive design research to surface insights and guidelines for product development. They were invited back to provide feedback on early prototypes and a pilot platform and then the final build. Youth were actively engaged in providing feedback on tone, style, design, activities and copy.

Note

All information was provided by the company in April 2024. We encourage you to ask for up-to-date information as well as any additional information needed, when considering products.  

Tiers of intervention
District experience