ERIC Number: ED627396
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Aug
Pages: 2
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Redwood City School District Mental Health Counseling Program: Year 1 Implementation Study. Executive Summary
Kristin Geiser; Elena Elliott; Derric Heck; Kristen Jackson
John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
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 for achieving this goal includes placing a full-time, district-employed, licensed clinical mental health counselor in each of its twelve schools for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 academic years, and dedicating a portion of one counseling position to the role of "lead counselor" responsible for overseeing program design, development, and implementation. The mental health counseling program is part of a broader initiative known as the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), a comprehensive framework for creating a coordinated system of supports that promotes students' academic, behavioral, and social-emotional growth and development. This executive summary describes the implementation study and its findings. [For the research brief, see ED627394.]
Descriptors: School Districts, Mental Health, Health Services, Social Emotional Learning, Mental Health Workers, Program Descriptions, Counselor Role, Program Implementation, Academic Achievement, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Needs, Educational Environment, Counseling Services, Health Promotion, Well Being
John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities. Stanford University, 505 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305. Tel: 650-723-3099; Fax: 650-736-7160; e-mail: gardnercenter@lists.stanford.edu; Web site: http://gardnercenter.stanford.edu
Related Records: ED646976
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Stanford University, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities (JGC)
Identifiers - Location: California
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