bryt Impact

Schools that implement the bryt model with fidelity routinely find that: 

  • Participating students’ school attendance returns to baseline, they experience improvements in both functioning in school and overall wellness, and they catch up academically and graduate or finish the school year on track to graduate with their peers 
  • The presence of the bryt intervention helps improve overall school climate and culture as well as promoting mental health and reducing stigma
  • bryt can help reduce costs to schools associated with home and hospital tutoring, special education (evaluations, services, and out-of-district placements), and summer/vacation make-up programming

Bryt Outcomes: 10 weeks average time for reintegration. 95% on time graduation. Mood regulation, coping skills, and school function. Cost per student outside of school: $50,,000. bryt: $2,500. Substance abuse after bryt: down 50%. Self-harm after bryt: down 50%. Psychiatric hospitalizations: U.S. 50%, with bryt 11%. Psychiatric hospitalization dropouts: U.S. 46%, with bryt 8%. National Context: Psychicatric hospitalization up 300% since 2000 and 50% of psychiatric disorders begin in adolescence.