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Laurens, Kristin R.; Graham, Linda J.; Dix, Katherine L.; Harris, Felicity; Tzoumakis, Stacy; Williams, Kate E.; Schofield, Jill M.; Prendergast, Traci; Waddy, Neale; Taiwo, Mary; Carr, Vaughan J.; Green, Melissa J. – School Mental Health, 2022
Limited empirical evidence is available regarding the uptake and effectiveness of school-based mental health and wellbeing programs implemented in Australian schools. This study aimed to characterise the delivery of programs in primary (elementary) schools across New South Wales, Australia, and to assess this information against published ratings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Health Services, Mental Health, Well Being
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McCalman, Janya; Caelli, Nicole; Travers, Helen; Graham, Veronica; Hunter, Ernest – School Psychology International, 2023
Purpose: From 2018, the Schools Up North (SUN) programme worked with three remote Australian schools to enhance their capability and resilience to support the wellbeing and mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. This paper explores the implementation of SUN during the first two years of COVID-19 (2020-2021).…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Well Being
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Iizuka, Christina A.; Barrett, Paula M.; Gillies, Robyn; Cook, Clayton R.; Marinovic, Welber – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the FRIENDS for Life program on students' and teachers' emotional outcomes in a school serving a high-poverty population. The focus of the intervention was to train/coach teachers with strategies to develop social and emotional skills for students. A single group, pre/post-test design was used…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, At Risk Students, Anxiety, Resilience (Psychology)
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Gorton, Susan M. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2011
International and national studies have reported that health professionals who grew up in a rural area are more likely to return to work in a rural area than their urban raised counterparts. The chronic severe shortage of health professionals in rural and remote Australia has meant inequitable health care for rural and remote communities and a…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Health Occupations, Role Models, Action Research
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Ohan, Jeneva L.; Visser, Troy A. W. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
This study addressed why girls are less likely to be referred for mental health services for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than boys. Ninety-six parents of children with elevated ADHD symptoms and 140 elementary school teachers read vignettes about children with ADHD. Half of the participants read vignettes with boys' names, and…
Descriptors: Health Services, Females, Mental Health Programs, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Mifsud, Cynthia; Rapee, Ronald M. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
Objective: To evaluate a school-based early intervention program for the reduction of anxious symptoms in at-risk children from low socioeconomic status neighborhoods. Method: A total of 425 children (8-11 years old) from nine schools in low socioeconomic status areas were screened to identify children with high-level anxious symptoms. Ninety-one…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Parents, Educational Environment, Socioeconomic Status