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Aaron R. Lyon; Elizabeth H. Connors; Gwendolyn M. Lawson; Erum Nadeem; Julie Sarno Owens – School Mental Health, 2024
Implementation science has grown considerably in school mental health over the past decade, driven by the persistent gaps between knowledge about "what works" to promote student well-being and what is typically delivered in schools. In 2014, Owens and colleagues outlined an implementation research agenda for the field of school mental…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Program Implementation, Research, Intervention
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Heather E. Ormiston; Malena A. Nygaard; Kane Carlock – School Mental Health, 2024
Research has consistently demonstrated the benefits of school mental health (SMH) services on the well-being of students. Administrators play an important role in the implementation and sustainability of SMH services within a school. However, school principals' perspectives regarding their role in SMH implementation are underrepresented in…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Mental Health, Well Being, Administrator Attitudes
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Ding, Xiao; Lightfoot, Estilla; Berkowitz, Ruth; Guz, Samantha; Franklin, Cynthia; DiNitto, Diana M. – School Mental Health, 2023
School social workers are integral to the school mental health workforce and the leading social service providers in educational settings. In recent decades, school social work practice has been largely influenced by the multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) approach, ecological systems views, and the promotion of evidence-based practice.…
Descriptors: School Social Workers, Mental Health, School Health Services, Program Effectiveness
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Lakind, Davielle; Becker, Kimberly D.; Chu, Wendy; Boyd, Meredith R.; Chorpita, Bruce F. – School Mental Health, 2023
School-based mental health services (SMHS) offer a unique opportunity to embed support within a key developmental context, yet little research has examined SMHS providers' fit within schools' complex ecologies. Using a social-ecological framework, this qualitative study draws on focus groups with 67 SMHS providers from two large mental health…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Mental Health, Allied Health Personnel, Educational Environment
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Laurens, Kristin R.; Graham, Linda J.; Dix, Katherine L.; Harris, Felicity; Tzoumakis, Stacy; Williams, Kate E.; Schofield, Jill M.; Prendergast, Traci; Waddy, Neale; Taiwo, Mary; Carr, Vaughan J.; Green, Melissa J. – School Mental Health, 2022
Limited empirical evidence is available regarding the uptake and effectiveness of school-based mental health and wellbeing programs implemented in Australian schools. This study aimed to characterise the delivery of programs in primary (elementary) schools across New South Wales, Australia, and to assess this information against published ratings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Health Services, Mental Health, Well Being
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Mason, Susan M.; Lind, Allison; Sherwood, Nancy E.; Sugrue, Erin P. – School Mental Health, 2023
Both schools and caregivers play an important role in supporting children's mental health, but there are few mechanisms for caregivers and school-based mental health providers to work collaboratively to address children's needs. Closures of schools during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic left gaps in mental health support services to…
Descriptors: Child Health, Mental Health, Health Needs, Parent School Relationship
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Coetzee, Bronwynè J.; Gericke, Hermine; Human, Suzanne; Stallard, Paul; Loades, Maria – School Mental Health, 2022
Children and young people are vulnerable to developing mental health problems. In South Africa, this vulnerability is compounded by contextual risk factors such as community violence and poverty. However, mental health services are scarce and costly, which precludes access for many. Universal school-based mental health programmes can prevent the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Access to Health Care, School Health Services
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Parhiala, P.; Ranta, K.; Gergov, V.; Kontunen, J.; Law, R.; La Greca, A. M.; Torppa, M.; Marttunen, M. – School Mental Health, 2020
In order to offer early and accessible treatment for adolescents with depression, brief and effective treatments in adolescents' everyday surroundings are needed. This randomized controlled trial studied the preliminary effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of interpersonal counseling (IPC) and brief psychosocial support (BPS) in school…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), School Health Services