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Research-Practice Partnerships for the Development of School Mental Health Interventions: An Introduction to the Special Issue
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Gwendolyn M. Lawson; Julie Sarno Owens – School Mental Health, 2024
The rising prevalence of mental health challenges among youth has created a pressing need for effective, feasible, equitable, and contextually relevant interventions. Educators and school mental health professionals face critical challenges in helping students overcome such barriers to school success. This makes the need for school-based…
Descriptors: Mental Health, School Health Services, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship
Implementation and Outcomes of a National School-Based Mental Health Program for Middle School Students in Chile
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Canenguez, Katia M.; Farley, Alyssa M.; Squicciarini, Ana María; Dutta, Anamika; Simonsohn, Ariela; Holcomb, Juliana M.; Peña, Felipe; Leiva, Loreto; Benheim, Talia S.; Guzmán, Javier; Jellinek, Michael; Murphy, J. Michael – School Mental Health, 2023
Background: Chile's national school-based mental health program, "Skills for Life" (SFL), has demonstrated effectiveness in improving behavioral and academic outcomes in first- through third-grade students. The current study assessed the feasibility and outcomes of SFL's program for sixth- through eighth-grade students. Methods: We…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, School Health Services, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Longitudinal Determinants of School-Based Mental Health Service Use for Girls and Boys with Externalizing Behavior Problems
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Verlaan, Pierrette; Déry, Michèle; Temcheff, Caroline E.; Toupin, Jean – School Mental Health, 2018
Studies suggest that girls with externalizing problems (ExtP) who receive school-based mental health services may have more severe impairments than boys. In addition, girls with ExtP who receive mental health treatments have been found do so for shorter durations, but this remains to be confirmed among children receiving school-based mental health…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Mental Health, Behavior Problems, Severity (of Disability)
Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools (HEARTS): A Whole-School, Multi-Level, Prevention and Intervention Program for Creating Trauma-Informed, Safe and Supportive Schools
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Dorado, Joyce S.; Martinez, Miriam; McArthur, Laura E.; Leibovitz, Talia – School Mental Health, 2016
The University of California, San Francisco's Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools (HEARTS) Program promotes school success for trauma-impacted students through a whole-school approach utilizing the response to intervention multi-tiered framework. Tier 1 involves school-wide universal supports to change school cultures into…
Descriptors: Trauma, Prevention, Intervention, Universities
Implementing Trauma-Informed Practices in the School Setting: A Pilot Study
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Perry, Diana L.; Daniels, Monica L. – School Mental Health, 2016
There is a proven link between healthy socioemotional development and academic success (SAMHSA in SAMHSA's concept of trauma and guidance for a trauma-informed approach. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, 2014; Alisic et al. in J Clin Psychiatry 69:1455-1461, 2008; Landolt et al. in J Trauma Stress 26:209-216,…
Descriptors: Trauma, Educational Policy, Social Development, Emotional Development