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Kristin 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
Grossman, Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The United States of America is currently experiencing a shortage of school counselors. California alone has over three and a half times more than the recommended student-to-counselor ratio of one counselor to 818 students. A qualitative single exploratory case study design allowed for an in-depth analysis of California school counselors'…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Students, Counselor Client Ratio, Academic Achievement
Kristin Geiser; Elena Elliott; Derric Heck; Kristen Jackson – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2022
Redwood City School District (RCSD) has a long history of attending to the needs of its students and their families, and it has responded to the current incidence of mental health challenges among youth by setting a goal that by June 2024, every student will receive "appropriate social-emotional supports designed to meet their needs. The plan…
Descriptors: School Districts, Mental Health, Health Services, Social Emotional Learning
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
Kristin Geiser; Elena Elliott; Derric Heck; Kristen Jackson – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2022
Redwood City School District (RCSD) has a long history of attending to the needs of its students and their families, and it has responded to this moment of crisis by setting a goal that by June 2024, every student will receive "appropriate social-emotional supports designed to meet their needs." The plan for achieving this goal includes…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Mental Health Workers, Mental Health, Health Services
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Capizzi, Lorri M.; Hofstetter, Carolyn Huie; Mena, Dolores D.; Duckor, Brent; Hu, Xiaolu – Journal of School Counseling, 2017
This article documents narrative experiences from alumni who participated in the GEAR UP program. The San Jose State University GEAR UP program, based on an intensive counseling model, is grounded in social capital and resilience theories, and is designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Low Income Students, College Readiness, Well Being