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Direct linkSamantha Reaves; Brittany Parham; Kristen Figas; Brooke Chehoski; Karah Palmer; Mark D. Weist – American Journal of Health Education, 2025
Background: School mental health literacy programs, delivered at the universal level, are key to promoting positive behavioral health for all youth. Successfully implementing these programs requires adaptation to ensure the programs are aligned with contextual demands of the schools in which they are implemented. Yet, little is known about how to…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Program Implementation, Middle Schools, Student Welfare
Ricardo Eiraldi; Gwendolyn M. Lawson; Ami Patel; Barry L. McCurdy; Courtney Benjamin Wolk; Muniya S. Khanna; Abbas F. Jawad – Contemporary School Psychology, 2024
Schools face an unprecedent demand for mental health services. Student mental health problems can be addressed via a continuum of mental health evidence-based practices (EBPs) integrated within school-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). However, integrating mental health interventions with PBIS can be challenging. The…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Intervention, School Health Services, Mental Health Programs
Brooke B. Eisenbach; Jason S. Frydman – Middle School Journal, 2024
Mental health challenges are on the rise among today's youth. Recent reports have noted an acute and significant need for school-based mental health education and supportive interventions for children and adolescents. Among these approaches, a growing focus has centered on improving students' mental health literacy (MHL) as a foundational…
Descriptors: Mental Health, English, Language Arts, Middle Schools
Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2024
This demonstration brief provides teaching and learning stories from districts and schools implementing PBIS with an integrated systems focus and is organized across the following areas: (a) the context of the school/district, (b) the changes made in the systems, (c) the impact of the changes made in the systems, and (d) next steps to improve the…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Low Income Students, Middle School Students
Julie M. Skelly – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to conduct a program evaluation of an online mental health literacy curriculum for K-12. In addition, the study established the next steps for professional development concerning mental health literacy for staff based on the findings. This study was guided by research questions: 1. How much knowledge has been gained…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Multiple Literacies, Program Evaluation, Electronic Learning
Caitlyn Donaldson; Kelly Morgan; Nicholas Page; Lianna Angel; Graham Moore – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
While transition from primary to secondary school is a positive experience for many young people, for others, it may be a difficult period of adjustment. Socioeconomic status (SES) may influence the likelihood of a positive or negative transition experience owing to differences in psychosocial (self-esteem, self-efficacy, social support) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents, Student Promotion, Mental Health
Amanda J. Nguyen; Jacqueline Hersh; Lydia Beahm; Lora Henderson Smith; Courtney Newman; Katelyn Birchfield; Kurt Michael; Catherine P. Bradshaw – Grantee Submission, 2024
Background: Educators in rural schools are uniquely situated to address youth mental health disparities, yet often face challenges in delivering mental health supports. This paper describes the process of adapting the evidence-based Coping Power program, a small group prevention program for youth with aggressive behavior problems, to be a…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Coping
Download full textIngman, Benjamin; Lohmiller, Katie; Cutforth, Nick; Belansky, Elaine – Rural Educator, 2022
Service learning has been established as a promising method of teaching and learning that engages youth as change agents in their schools and communities. But service learning has not been widely implemented or studied in rural K-12 schools. This study explores the case of a service learning curriculum, the Working Together Project (WTP), in a…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Rural Schools, Poverty, Program Effectiveness
Secondary Principals' Perceptions and Practices for Implementing Student Suicide Prevention Programs
Dawn M. Porter; Louis S. Nadelson; Samantha H. Mullins – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
We explored secondary school principals' knowledge of suicide prevention programs, their perceptions of the logistical and cultural barriers associated with suicide prevention program adoption, and their justification for adopting (or not adopting) suicide prevention programs in their schools. Principals, as positional leaders of schools, can lead…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Suicide
Victoria N. Shiver; Marcella G. Otto – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2024
Physical education teacher education and sport marketing courses both require their majors to apply theory into real-world experiences that simulate the professional experience upon earning their degrees. After-school programming serves as a potential field site for teacher candidates and can also provide sport marketing students with the…
Descriptors: Marketing, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Social Emotional Learning
Addressing Health Disparities in LGBTQ Youth through Professional Development of Middle School Staff
Owens, Melissa; Mattheus, Deborah – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Significant health disparities exist for sexual minority youth (SMY). While supportive adults in schools have been shown to improve mental wellbeing and academic outcomes for students, most teachers do not receive training specific to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) students. Methods: The project…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Personnel, Professional Development, Social Problems
Robyn Walsh; Brett Zyromski; Jennifer Betters-Bubon; Sarah Shrewsbury-Braxton – Professional School Counseling, 2024
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events occurring in the household or community that hold painful or distressing outcomes for children immediately and in their future (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019). School counselors work with children and young adolescents suffering from negative mental health…
Descriptors: Trauma, Early Experience, School Counselors, Experience
Autumn Barnes, Contributor; Adina Cooper, Contributor; Marci Hertz, Contributor; Kesha Hudson, Contributor; Sarah Lee, Contributor; Sandra Leonard, Contributor; Bailee Peralto, Contributor; Mary Schauer, Contributor; Katy Suellentrop, Contributor; Jorge Verlenden, Contributor; Natalie Wilkins, Contributor; Camara Wooten, Contributor; Anna Yaros, Contributor – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023
This action guide was designed for school administrators in kindergarten through 12th grade schools (K-12), including principals and leaders of school-based student support teams, to identify evidence-based strategies, approaches, and practices that can positively influence students' mental health. This action guide describes six in-school…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Schools, Early Childhood Education, Middle Schools
Rob Andrews – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
Sustained inquiry between school administrators and mental health professionals around critical incidents, school policy, and problems of practice is required to mitigate inequities so prominently illuminated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Collaboration between school stakeholders with different role identities and positionalities gainfully blurs…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Middle School Students, Suburban Schools, Administrators
Garza Schuster, Jacquelyn Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study is positioned to contribute to our growing understanding of how COVID-19 has impacted our students and the individuals tasked with promoting their mental health and wellness. The overarching aim was to understand the lived experiences of middle school professional school counselors (PSCs) in addressing student mental health, during the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Middle Schools, School Personnel
