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Ding, Xiao; Lightfoot, Estilla; Berkowitz, Ruth; Guz, Samantha; Franklin, Cynthia; DiNitto, Diana M. – School Mental Health, 2023
School social workers are integral to the school mental health workforce and the leading social service providers in educational settings. In recent decades, school social work practice has been largely influenced by the multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) approach, ecological systems views, and the promotion of evidence-based practice.…
Descriptors: School Social Workers, Mental Health, School Health Services, Program Effectiveness
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Teasley, Martell; Canifield, James P.; Archuleta, Adrian J.; Crutchfield, Jandel; Chavis, Annie McCullough – Children & Schools, 2012
Understanding barriers to practice is a growing area within school social work research. Using a convenience sample of 284 school social workers, this study replicates the efforts of a mixed-method investigation designed to identify barriers and facilitators to school social work practice within different geographic locations. Time constraints and…
Descriptors: Social Work, School Social Workers, Barriers, Replication (Evaluation)
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Anderson, Angelika; Thomas, David R.; Moore, Dennis W.; Kool, Bridget – Learning Environments Research, 2008
School improvement initiatives are needed to better meet the needs of underprivileged students, to reduce underachievement and to break a continuing cycle of disadvantage. This article describes part of a school improvement initiative in New Zealand that provided additional funding for school nurse and social worker services in nine secondary…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Low Achievement, Foreign Countries, Welfare Services