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Reaves, Samantha; Bohnenkamp, Jill; Mayworm, Ashley; Sullivan, Margaret; Connors, Elizabeth; Lever, Nancy; Kelly, Michael S.; Bruns, Eric J.; Hoover, Sharon – School Mental Health, 2022
Schools are the most common venue in which children and youth receive mental health services. To organize delivery of mental health care to such a large number of children, use of school teams is often recommended. Yet, there is limited empirical literature about the composition of school mental health teams or teams' relations to service…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Teamwork, Schools, Health Promotion
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Lyon, Aaron R.; Bruns, Eric J. – School Mental Health, 2019
There is substantial research evidence for the effectiveness of school mental health strategies across problem areas, developmental levels, and the prevention-intervention spectrum. At the same time, it is clear that the education and mental health fields continue to struggle to apply this evidence at any level of scale. This commentary reflects…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Intervention, Evidence Based Practice, School Health Services
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Bruns, Eric J.; Lee, Kristine; Davis, Chayna; Pullmann, Michael D.; Ludwig, Kristy; Sander, Mark; Holm-Hansen, Cheryl; Hoover, Sharon; McCauley, Elizabeth M. – Prevention Science, 2023
Schools offer an advantageous setting for the prevention, early identification, and treatment of mental health problems for youth. However, school mental health (SMH) services are typically not based on evidence for effectiveness, nor are they efficiently delivered, with SMH practitioners (SMHPs) able to only treat a small number of students in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Length, Learner Engagement, Problem Solving
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Bruns, Eric J.; Pullmann, Michael D.; Nicodimos, Semret; Lyon, Aaron R.; Ludwig, Kristy; Namkung, Nancy; McCauley, Elizabeth – School Mental Health, 2019
School mental health (SMH) services are widespread but are often not well integrated into school settings, based on evidence for effectiveness, or efficiently delivered. This paper presents results of a pilot study of a brief (4 session) assessment, engagement, triage, and initial intervention strategy for SMH clinicians working in high schools.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
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Olson, Jonathan R.; Lucy, Megan; Kellogg, Marianne A.; Schmitz, Kelcey; Berntson, Taylor; Stuber, Jennifer; Bruns, Eric J. – School Mental Health, 2021
The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) provides workforce training and technical assistance (TA) to support evidence-based school mental health practices. Historically, this support targeted school professionals through in-person and online trainings, workshops, and coaching. However, in response to COVID-19 restrictions,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Mental Health, Health Promotion
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Whitaker, Kelly; Fortier, Alexandra; Bruns, Eric J.; Nicodimos, Semret; Ludwig, Kristy; Lyon, Aaron R.; Pullmann, Michael D.; Short, Kathy; McCauley, Elizabeth – School Mental Health, 2018
Although the education sector has been referred to as the "de facto" mental health system for children and adolescents, such statements obscure the tremendous heterogeneity of school-based mental health (SMH) initiatives. This study asked how different school contexts and SMH provider types may influence different aspects of SMH service…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Program Implementation, Evidence Based Practice
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Weist, Mark D.; Bruns, Eric J.; Whitaker, Kelly; Wei, Yifeng; Kutcher, Stanley; Larsen, Torill; Holsen, Ingrid; Cooper, Janice L.; Geroski, Anne; Short, Kathryn H. – School Psychology International, 2017
All around the world, partnerships among schools and other youth-serving systems are promoting more comprehensive school-based mental health services. This article describes the development of international networks for school mental health (SMH) including the International Alliance for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Schools (INTERCAMHS)…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Promotion, School Health Services, Foreign Countries
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Whitaker, Kelly; Nicodimos, Semret; Pullmann, Michael D.; Duong, Mylien T.; Bruns, Eric J.; Wasse, Jessica Knaster; Lyon, Aaron R. – School Mental Health, 2018
Despite promising evidence that school-based health centers (SBHCs) and school mental health (SMH) services can reduce disparities in access to mental health care for underserved populations, little is known about what predicts retention of youth in SMH services. This study aimed to identify individual- and school-level factors associated with…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Access to Health Care, School Health Services, Mental Health Programs