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Kristin Geiser; Victoria Ren; Derric Heck; Albert Lowe – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2023
As the nation transitions from responding to the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to navigating its ongoing impact on youth and their communities, K-12 students continue to experience mental health and wellbeing challenges. In the fall of 2021, Redwood City School District (RCSD) placed a full-time, district-employed mental health counselor in each…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Counseling Services
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Daniel Whitley – Support for Learning, 2024
This article explores an insight into different teaching strategies implemented within two educational settings in year 1 classrooms. Since the Coronavirus pandemic, evidence states that children's mental health is declining highlighting the need to teach children how to gain a positive mindset. This article shall reflect on my practice, which…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Elementary School Students, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Childs, Tasha M.; Brown, Elizabeth Levine; Brown, Naomi; Iachini, Aidyn L.; Phillippo, Kate; Galib, Linda; Parker, Audra; Fujimoto, Ken – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Understanding teachers' appraisals of student wellness services and supports during COVID-19 is essential to strengthening services and improving student health outcomes. This mixed-method study aimed to examine US PK-12 teachers' appraisals of student wellness services and supports during COVID-19. Methods: This study focuses on…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Wellness, COVID-19, Pandemics
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
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Parrott, Andria; Carman, Joanne; Kumi, Edwina Boateng – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
In large, urban school districts, few programs currently exist that support students' physical and mental wellness. In fall 2014, one large, urban school district piloted a health and wellness program in ten elementary schools. Accompanying this program, a three-year research study was designed to learn if students experience changes in their…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Size, Wellness, Student Welfare
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Eisenhower, Abbey; Baker, Bruce L.; Taylor, Heather – Research Papers in Education, 2016
School-based mental health services are a promising context for evidence-based interventions to promote early socio-emotional development, yet implementation presents significant challenges. This paper describes the rationale, content and format of a school-based intervention, Starting Strong in Kindergarten (Starting Strong). Starting Strong is a…
Descriptors: Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Mental Health, Health Promotion
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Hughes, Scott Frederick – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
There is a growing body of literature exploring pedagogies that promote children's happiness at school. Yet there is little research on teacher's conceptions of happiness, and how this informs their decisions about children. This paper reports on findings from a qualitative study exploring teachers' conceptions of happiness. Twelve teachers from…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Barriers, Grade 2, Elementary School Students
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Morgan, Paul L.; Li, Hui; Cook, Michael; Farkas, George; Hillemeier, Marianne M.; Lin, Yu-chu – School Psychology Quarterly, 2016
We sought to identify which kindergarten children are simultaneously at risk of moderate or severe symptomatology in both attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder (CD) as adolescents. These risk factor estimates have not been previously available. We conducted multinomial logistic regression analyses of multiinformant…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, At Risk Students, Adolescent Development
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Anthony, Hayley; McLean, Louise A. – Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 2015
Schools are increasingly seen as promising environments for initiatives to prevent mental disorders and to protect and promote mental health. This pilot study examined whether a school-based resiliency programme, "Bounce Back," increased protective factors associated with resilience. Thirty-nine children aged 8-10 years (M = 9.17,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Promotion, Self Control, Self Efficacy
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Stewart, Donald – Health Education, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of an Australian health promoting schools (HPS) project to identify key features of the concept of resilience and how it can be used in a school setting to develop and strengthen protective factors in young people, as a mechanism for improving social functioning and reducing involvement in…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Comprehensive School Health Education, Literature Reviews, Grade 3