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Nickerson, Amanda B. – School Mental Health, 2019
Bullying is a pervasive problem that impacts children and youth in schools involved as perpetrators, victims, and bystanders. This paper synthesizes findings from the empirical literature, including meta-analyses, to examine the evidence for bullying prevention and intervention approaches with attention to developmental levels (preschool,…
Descriptors: Prevention, Bullying, Intervention, Preschool Children
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Torcasso, Gina; Hilt, Lori M. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2017
Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death among youth. Suicide screening programs aim to identify mental health issues and prevent death by suicide. Objective: The present study evaluated outcomes of a multi-stage screening program implemented over 3 school years in a moderately-sized Midwestern high school. Methods: One hundred ninety-three…
Descriptors: Suicide, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, High School Students
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Sugrue, Erin P. – School Social Work Journal, 2017
Since its inception in four cities in 1906, school social work has struggled to clearly define its unique professional contributions--its skills, perspectives, and purpose--as it has sought legitimacy and recognition within the fields of education and social work. The purpose of this article is to bring a historical lens to the professional…
Descriptors: Social Work, School Social Workers, Professional Identity, Counselor Role
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Rigg, Khary K.; Menendez, Kimberly M. – Health Education Journal, 2018
Schools are an important venue for implementing drug prevention programmes. School-based programmes have been shown to be an efficacious and cost-effective method of reducing substance use disorders among youth. There exists lack of consensus, however, regarding who makes the most effective programme providers. Drug prevention programmes are led…
Descriptors: Drug Education, Prevention, Substance Abuse, Program Effectiveness
D'Acierno, Maria Rosaria – Online Submission, 2018
This study, based on the observation of children (3-5 year olds) following a program of specific physical exercises guided by music, wants to evaluate the effect of movement on body, mind and cognition. It will promote activities and experience in order to 1) build up a healthy body and a healthy mind; 2) prevent obesity as well as type 2…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Health, Cognitive Development, Young Children
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Dunbar, Edward T., Jr.; Nelson, Mark D.; Tarabochia, Dawn S. – Journal of School Counseling, 2019
Substance use among school-aged young people is of concern as it relates to student success. School counselors have an opportunity to prevent, educate, and counsel students about substance use. Various models of school counseling, including the ASCA National Model, have encouraged the development of competency-based programs that help students…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, School Counselors, School Counseling, Counselor Training
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Lueck, Jennifer A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Despite a growing mental health crisis in the United States, empirical indicators of what could make a depression help-seeking message effective and why are currently not available. Even worse, some depression help-seeking messages can activate negative beliefs among depressed individuals that may make help-seeking even less likely than before.…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Help Seeking, Guidelines
Shannon M. Canfield – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Untreated perinatal mood and anxiety disorders have short- and long-term consequences for mental, physical, developmental, social, and economic outcomes affecting the mother, infant, family, and community. Online Health interventions are known to be effective in treating mental health disorders and increasing access to care. Successful perinatal…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Perinatal Influences, Social Support Groups, Pregnancy
Lindsey M. Nichols; Jonathan A. Pedroza; Christopher M. Fleming; Kaitlin M. O'Brien; Emily E. Tanner-Smith – Grantee Submission, 2021
Adolescent opioid misuse is a public health crisis, particularly among clinical populations of youth 15 with substance misuse histories. Given the negative and often lethal consequences associated with 16 opioid misuse among adolescents, it is essential to identify the risk and protective factors underlying 17 early opioid misuse to inform…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Narcotics, Adolescents, Risk Management
Cowan, Katherine C.; Rossen, Eric – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
The mental health implications of crisis exposure have emerged as a critical and challenging facet of school safety and crisis response, expanding our focus to encompass both psychological and physical safety, as well as prevention and recovery. Best practice reflects this evolution in our understanding and encompasses the continuum of crisis and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, School Safety, Crisis Management
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Mirick, Rebecca G. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2020
In 2012, the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention recommended more education in suicide prevention for mental health professionals. This study of social work instructors (N = 225) explored attitudes, beliefs, and feelings toward teaching suicide content in practice courses; the content covered; barriers to teaching about suicide; and desired…
Descriptors: Social Work, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Graduate Study
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Exner-Cortens, Deinera; Wolfe, David; Crooks, Claire V.; Chiodo, Debbie – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2020
Bullying and mental health problems are pressing concerns for adolescents. Given their burden, we need to find efficacious ways to prevent these experiences. However, existing prevention programs tend to be single-issue and may not focus on the universal capacities required to reduce these problems among youth. To this end, we evaluated the…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Bullying, Mental Health, Adolescents
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Modzeleski, William; Randazzo, Marisa Reddy – Contemporary School Psychology, 2018
This article provides a brief history of the development of the federal model of school threat assessment, which was created by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education based upon findings from their empirical research on school shootings across the USA. The article reviews the major findings from that behavioral research, which…
Descriptors: Prevention, Models, Weapons, Educational Environment
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Raval, Gauri; Montañez, Evelyn; Meyer, Dodi; Berger-Jenkins, Evelyn – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: Turn 2 Us (T2U) is an elementary school-based mental health promotion and prevention program in New York City. It targets fourth- and fifth-grade students at risk for social/emotional and behavioral problems and provides a range of services to students, staff, and parents. The purpose of this study is to determine if T2U decreases…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, At Risk Students
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Al-Daheri, Saleh Hassan – International Education Studies, 2019
The study aimed to identify the roles of Psychological and Educational Guidance Center in Reducing the phenomenon of the university violence from the perspective of the Educational Science College's students in Counseling and Mental Health Department at World Islamic Sciences and Education University. And to achieve the study's goal, a sample…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Intervention, College Students
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