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Amanda J. Nguyen; Jacqueline Hersh; Lydia Beahm; Lora Henderson Smith; Courtney Newman; Katelyn Birchfield; Kurt Michael; Catherine P. Bradshaw – School Mental Health, 2024
Background: Educators in rural schools are uniquely situated to address youth mental health disparities, yet often face challenges in delivering mental health supports. This paper describes the process of adapting the evidence-based Coping Power program, a small group prevention program for youth with aggressive behavior problems, to be a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Program Length
Healthy Schools Campaign, 2023
In May 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released new guidance on school Medicaid that is a clear victory for school health and student health. It affirms that states have flexibility in their school-based Medicaid program to allow school districts to bill Medicaid for health services delivered to all Medicaid-enrolled…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Public Policy, Federal Aid, School Districts
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Bates, Karla; Morgan, Hannah; Crosby, Emily; Nurse, Keisha; Flynn, Alison; Stern, Didi; Baronian, Roupen; Kennedy, Emma-Kate – Educational & Child Psychology, 2021
Aims: Digital living is now an integral part of many children and young people's (CYP) everyday experience. Practitioners who work with them are increasingly focused on effectively deploying technology to help those with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. Throughout all aspects and phases of work, practitioners must adhere to legal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Karge, Belinda Dunnick – Solution Tree, 2022
This is your comprehensive resource on providing effective special education services in your school. Written for current and aspiring administrators and teacher leaders, the book offers action items, case studies, and reproducible tools to help you stay in front of special education law, know and support your learning services team, and ensure…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Guides
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Elkis-Abuhoff, Deborah – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2018
From an opportunity to explore Cuba in a people-to-people exchange that included study of its history and society; discussions with members of the Cuban community, artists, guides, and a professor; and personal experiences while traveling, this viewpoint offers insights into the sociopolitical culture and creative engagement within which the Cuban…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Travel, Artists, Guides
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
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Sheely-Moore, Angela I.; Kooyman, Leslie – ADULTSPAN Journal, 2011
In light of the rapidly changing demographics of the United States, it is imperative for counselor educators and trainers of mental health professionals to infuse instructional strategies that promote multicultural and social justice (MSJ) competencies for trainees. The purpose of this article is to translate MSJ-based teaching strategies within…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Adult Development, Health Services, Mental Health Workers
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Kutcher, Stan; Wei, Yifeng; Morgan, Catherine – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objectives: The transition from high school to college or university is an important time to enhance mental health literacy for young people. This study evaluated the second edition of a resource entitled "Transitions," a comprehensive life-skills resource with embedded mental health information available in book, e-book and iPhone app…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Literacy, Computer Software, Telecommunications
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Nastasi, Bonnie K.; Overstreet, Stacy; Summerville, Meredith – School Psychology International, 2011
Large scale natural disasters pose serious risks to mental health and simultaneously wreak havoc on the very systems called upon to ameliorate those risks. School-based mental health services have been identified as a potential mechanism through which gaps in service delivery systems can be addressed in post-disaster environments. We believe that…
Descriptors: Health Services, Delivery Systems, Natural Disasters, School Psychologists
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Dimeff, Linda A.; Woodcock, Eric A.; Harned, Melanie S.; Beadnell, Blair – Behavior Therapy, 2011
This study evaluated the efficacy of methods of training community mental health providers (N=132) in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) distress tolerance skills, including (a) Linehan's (1993a) Skills Training Manual for Borderline Personality Disorder (Manual), (b) a multimedia e-Learning course covering the same content (e-DBT), and (c) a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Personality Problems, Self Efficacy, Behavior Modification
Honig, Alice Sterling – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
Research shows that stress in the crucial early years of a child's life can pose dramatic, lasting challenges to development, learning, and behavior. This is the practical book early childhood professionals need to recognize stress in young children--and intervene with proven relief strategies before pressures turn into big problems. Developed by…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Mental Health Workers, Home Visits, Young Children
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Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
This practice parameter presents recommendations for the mental health assessment and treatment of youths in juvenile detention and correctional facilities. Mental and substance-related disorders are significant public health problems affecting youths in juvenile justice settings. Sufficient time is necessary to conduct a comprehensive diagnostic…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Juvenile Justice, Youth, Health Services
Redbird-Selam, Helen Marie, Ed. – 1972
Authored by four American Indians, this handbook is concerned with topics directly related to the retention of Indian adult learners in the adult educational process. The topics are aimed at improved understanding of the tribal learner and improved adult educational programs. Topics include: (1) religion (approached from an educational viewpoint…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alcoholism, American Indians, Beliefs
Rubin, Marcia A., Ed.; Wooley, Susan F., Ed. – American School Health Association (NJ3), 2006
This resource describes how pregnancy prevention efforts can be integrated into the various components of a school health program (the linkages between classroom instruction to prevent adolescent pregnancy and the school's health and mental health services, the necessary administrative policies, the type and extent of faculty and staff…
Descriptors: Health Services, Program Evaluation, Prevention, Mental Health Programs
Reinharz, Shulamit – 1979
Project Outreach is an undergraduate psychology course which offers students a variety of community projects in which they might become involved. The project gives students opportunities to learn through direct experience and provides seminars in which they may reflect upon these experiences. Some 36 institutions and community service agencies…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Child Care, College Programs, College Students