ERIC Number: EJ1454621
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1932-5037
EISSN: EISSN-2168-3751
Tier 1.5 as a Strategy for Trauma Support in Schools
American Journal of Health Education, v56 n1 p21-35 2025
Background: Delivering school mental health services within a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) offers a framework for addressing student mental health needs. Limited research has examined school mental health provider and teacher preferences for delivering mental health promotion and prevention classroom programming. Purpose: We present mental health clinician and teacher feedback regarding their preferred role in facilitating a classroom-based trauma-focused prevention program for elementary school students and define Tier 1.5 within MTSS. Methods: Clinicians (N = 9) facilitated Bounce Back for Classrooms lessons with teacher support in 16 classrooms across two school years from 2022 to 2024 in an urban, Mid-Atlantic school district. Surveys assessing feasibility, acceptability, and preference for lesson delivery were completed. Results: Findings indicate that although teachers and clinicians both believe teachers can effectively implement lessons independently, teachers would prefer clinician co-implementation. Discussion: A co-implementation model with clinicians and teachers co-leading lessons, with increasing facilitation roles for teachers as they become more comfortable with content, is recommended. Translation to Health Education Practice: Health Educators, in alignment with Areas III and V of national competencies, are well-positioned to engage in advocacy while co-facilitating curricula at the Tier 1.5 level of MTSS to support high numbers of students exposed to trauma.
Descriptors: Trauma Informed Approach, Student Needs, Mental Health, Health Promotion, Prevention, Teacher Role, Allied Health Personnel, Role, Elementary School Students, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Teamwork, Coping, At Risk Students, Minority Group Students, Low Income Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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