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ERIC Number: ED622326
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 12
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We Won't Argue against Adding More Counselors, but...Addressing Student Mental Health Concerns Involves Much More than Increasing the Number of Mental Health Providers. A Center Report
Center for MH in Schools and Student/Learning Supports at UCLA
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored that schools must play a greater role in addressing mental health concerns. In reaction, some policy makers are rushing to increase mental health staff in schools. A stated goal is to have a mental health professional in all schools. Given the long-standing short-fall in every category of student/learning support staff at schools, such a goal is being widely lauded. In the long-run, however, this one faceted approach is a marginal way for addressing the complex array of problems students and their schools are experiencing in the wake of COVID-19. This report highlights the need for schools to rethink their current approaches to addressing emotional, behavioral, and learning problems. We outline how to evolve the current emphasis on a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) into a unified, comprehensive, and equitable system of school/community supports. And we offer some first steps for moving ahead.
Center for MH in Schools and Student/Learning Supports at UCLA. Department of Psychology at UCLA. Web site: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Center for MH in Schools and Student/Learning Supports at UCLA
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