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Amanda J. Nguyen; Jacqueline Hersh; Lydia Beahm; Lora Henderson Smith; Courtney Newman; Katelyn Birchfield; Kurt Michael; Catherine P. Bradshaw – Grantee Submission, 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: Rural Schools, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Coping
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Pamela R. Buckley; Katie Massey Combs; Karen M. Drewelow; Brittany L. Hubler; Marion Amanda Lain – Evaluation Review, 2025
As evidence-based interventions are scaled, fidelity of implementation, and thus effectiveness, often wanes. Validated fidelity measures can improve researchers' ability to attribute outcomes to the intervention and help practitioners feel more confident in implementing the intervention as intended. We aim to provide a model for the validation of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Evidence Based Practice, Program Development
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Peg Donohue; Stephanie Smith Durkin; Alexandra Frank – Professional School Counseling, 2024
Multitiered systems of support (MTSS) teams use data to match student needs with an appropriate Tier 2 intervention. School counselors mobilize quickly to provide evidence-based and culturally affirming interventions. We present a compilation of best practices for delivering culturally affirming, small-group Tier 2 interventions with fidelity.…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Cultural Relevance, Counseling Techniques
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Kai Zhuang Shum; Emily Barry; Sarah M. Kiefer; Sarah Fefer; Shannon M. Suldo; Kristen E. Mahony-Atallah; John Ferron; Jacqueline Blass; Letty L. DiLeo; Hallie Lothrop; Nicolette Bauermeister – Grantee Submission, 2024
As the youth mental health crisis continues to worsen, there is a need for more evidence-based social-emotional interventions that can be applied in schools -- the setting in which youth are most likely to seek and receive mental health treatment (Simon et al., 2015). Further, exploring ways to culturally adapt interventions for marginalized…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Social Emotional Learning, Evidence Based Practice
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Solomontos-Kountouri, Olga; Strohmeier, Dagmar – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2018
This study examines how bullies, victims, bully-victims, and uninvolved adolescents perceive the activities of the class project of the ViSC social competence program. The ViSC program is a whole school socio-ecological anti-bullying program that was implemented in 43 classes, grade 7, 8, and 9, in three Cypriot schools. A sample of 778…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Prevention, Interpersonal Competence
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Wexler, Jade; Swanson, Elizabeth; Vaughn, Sharon; Shelton, Alexandra; Kurz, Leigh Ann – Middle School Journal, 2019
It is essential for middle school leaders to develop and promote school-wide literacy models, organizational structures that have a significant impact on the learning environment for all students in their building. However, school-wide literacy models can be difficult to implement and sustain over time. Drawing from an Office of Special Education…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Educational Environment