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Direct linkL. A. Hintz; C. Maas; J. R. Bliss; E. Pizarro – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2024
Multitiered systems of support (MTSS) are an effective and efficient framework burgeoning in schools across the United States. School-based occupational therapy practitioners (SBOTPs) have much to offer in the MTSS framework and can influence school-based outcomes. Understanding the current literature and its implications for practice is…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Mental Health, Preschool Children
Download full textKristin Geiser; Victoria Ren; Derric Heck; Albert Lowe – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2023
In the fall of 2021, Redwood City School District (RCSD) placed a full-time, district-employed mental health counselor in each of its twelve schools in order to bolster district capacity to support student mental health and wellbeing. Stanford's John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities (Gardner Center) conducted a Year 1…
Descriptors: School Districts, Mental Health, School Health Services, Well Being
Tillott, Sarah; Weatherby-Fell, Noelene; Pearson, Phil; Neumann, Michelle M. – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2022
Resilience can be a protective trait to promote mental health when implemented in the early years. This study explored the use of storytelling to foster children's learning of resilience. A pedagogically appropriate storybook was used to facilitate and embed the skills of resilience in children at primary school. Teachers (n = 2) and…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Resilience (Psychology), Elementary School Students, Mental Health
Khara L. P. Turnbull; Brianna Jaworski; Deiby Mayaris Cubides Mateus; Frances L. Coolman; Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch; Rachel Y. Moon; Fern R. Hauck; Ann Kellams; Eve R. Colson – Infant and Child Development, 2024
Because the COVID-19 pandemic has been implicated in increased mental health concerns for families of low income, we aimed to describe maternal perspectives about the pandemic's impact on their kindergartener's mental health during the 2020-2021 school year. We conducted 22 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with U.S. mothers with low income who…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Kindergarten, Young Children
Carolyn D. Gorman – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2024
The focus of this report is on mental health interventions delivered in K-12 neighborhood public schools. A vast array of commercially available programs, conceptual frameworks, and approaches to school-based mental health are not unanimously recommended, applied, or agreed upon. This poses a challenge to any comprehensive description or…
Descriptors: Mental Health, School Health Services, Mental Disorders, Therapy
Miao Li; Wei Zhao; Mengmeng Liu; Lele Zhang; Gen Li – Annals of Dyslexia, 2024
This study explored the relationship between mental health, i.e., depression and anxiety, and reading difficulties (RD) in Chinese elementary school children. Participants were 1535 grades 3, 4, and 5 students from three elementary schools in Xi'an, China. Children with and without RD were compared to their depression and anxiety. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Children, Reading Difficulties, Depression (Psychology)
Breahannah Hilaire; Laurie O. Campbell; Glenn W. Lambie; Jamie Stickl Haugen; Caitlin Frawley – Educational Forum, 2024
Shared trauma can contribute to anxiety, fear, sadness, and lack of engagement among learners leading to poor school attendance and diminished positive relationships. Therefore, it is incumbent on schools to design a supportive learning environment during experiences of shared trauma. The descriptive study presented illustrates a supportive…
Descriptors: Trauma, Trauma Informed Approach, Intervention, Attendance
Julie Katter; Natalia M. Rojas; Stephanie L. Albert; Bethany Springer; Nicole Huang-Greco; Bonnie Kerker – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
Although efforts have been made to improve teacher professional development and ongoing supports, limited research has examined how early childhood education (ECE) teachers support each other informally. The present study describes how one type of informal support, collegial support (e.g. instrumental and expressive), enabled ECE teachers to cope…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Collegiality, Teacher Collaboration
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
S. Andrew Garbacz; Caleb Flack; Qi Huang; Anne Bowen; Elizabeth A. Stormshak; Laura Lee McIntyre – Grantee Submission, 2025
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the parent-report Short Form Positive Family Support Strengths and Needs Assessment (PFS-SaNA). The PFS-SaNA is designed to reduce the time and burden of collaborative mental health screening. Parents of 245 students in the Northwest completed the screener at third, fourth,…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Mental Health, Parents, Elementary School Students
Cameron B. Hall; Stephanie R. Adams; Melody R. Martinez-Davis; Kristin Overholt – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The 21st-century learner population is increasingly demonstrating numerous social and emotional trends, including addiction, suicidal ideation, anxiety and stress management, bullying, and crisis management. The team of scholarly practitioners observes these trends in their daily practices by the increase in requests for mental health support,…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Health
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
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
Aragón-Daud, Agustina; Abadi, Andrea; López, Pablo; Torrente, Fernando; Musich, Francisco – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, children have presented with increased psychiatric symptoms. Little research has been done regarding early childhood mental health, particularly those from vulnerable socioeconomic contexts who are exposed to adversity. We aimed to assess mental health and the impacts of the pandemic on this population. A survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Screening Tests, Child Behavior
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
