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Heather J. Gotham; Nancy Lever; Jessica Gonzalez; Maximilian Macias; Ricardo Canelo; Shannon McCullough; Sharon Hoover – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Educators and school staff are critical to recognizing and supporting students' mental health, but frequently do not have the training to confidently bring mental health literacy into the classroom or assist students who experience distress. Moreover, few free, easily accessible trainings are available for this audience. Classroom Well-being…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Training, Mental Health, Literacy
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Frydman, Jason S.; Mayor, Christine – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
Drama therapy is an emerging mental health practice in North American schools. Yet little research has focused directly on the role of drama therapists in schools or their service navigation practices and challenges. From February to July of 2018, drama therapists affiliated with the North American Drama Therapy Association currently working in…
Descriptors: Drama, Therapy, Program Implementation, Mental Health Programs
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Raviv, Tali; Smith, Mashana; Hurwitz, Laura; Gill, Tara L.; Baker, Sybil; Torres, Stephanie A.; Bowen, Iman E.; Cicchetti, Colleen – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
Investing in school mental health programs has the potential to improve youths' access to mental health services. Barriers to the implementation of school mental health programs include limited workforce capacity, competing priorities, and lack of coordinated care. The current paper describes the history, development, and key components of the…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Mental Health Programs, School Health Services, Program Implementation
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Miller, Alec L.; Gerardi, Nora; Mazza, James J.; Dexter-Mazza, Elizabeth; Graling, Kelly; Rathus, Jill H. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
This manuscript provides a detailed examination of comprehensive school-based dialectical behavior therapy (CSB-DBT) as a critical component to the DBT services continuum provided in schools. Because suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents along with increased prevalence of self-harming behavior, schools often find…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Mental Health Programs, Suicide, Self Destructive Behavior
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Reinbergs, Erik J.; Fefer, Sarah A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
Hundreds of thousands of children are confronted with traumatic experiences each year in the United States. As trauma-informed care begins to take hold in schools, school mental health providers (e.g., school psychologists, counselors, and social workers) desire concrete service-delivery options for students affected by trauma. This article…
Descriptors: Trauma, Mental Health Programs, School Psychologists, School Counselors
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Miranda, Antoinette Halsell; Radliff, Kisha M.; Della Flora, Olympia A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
Urban schools in the United States are generally viewed as having greater challenges than their suburban and rural counterparts. Most notably, they often have lower academic achievement and much of the educational reform movement has been aimed at urban schools in an attempt to close the achievement gap. Although much of the focus in recent years…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Education, Academic Achievement, Educational Change