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Competence and Confidence of American School Mental Health Professionals: Implementing Threat Assessment Procedures in Consideration of State Mandates
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Dana McGee – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to gather information regarding the confidence and competence levels of school mental health professionals who are called upon to implement threat assessment procedures as part of their job duties. More specifically, the study involved comparing the confidence and competence levels of school mental health…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health Workers, Self Esteem
The Shared Traumatic and Professional Posttraumatic Growth Inventory
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Tosone, Carol; Bauwens, Jennifer; Glassman, Marc – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Purpose: While there are established instruments offering psychometrically sound measurement of primary or secondary trauma, none capture the essence of dual exposure for mental health professionals living and working in traumatological environments. Methods: This study examined the experience of 244 mental health workers who lived and worked in…
Descriptors: Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Counseling Effectiveness, Mental Health Workers
Resilience of Professional Counselors Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
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Lambert, Simone F.; Lawson, Gerard – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2013
Professional counselors who provided services to those affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita completed the K6+ (screen for severe mental illness), the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, and the Professional Quality of Life Scale. Results indicated that participants who survived the hurricanes had higher levels of posttraumatic growth than…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma, Burnout
The Effects of Developmental Quotient and Diagnostic Criteria on Challenging Behaviors in Toddlers with Developmental Disabilities
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Medeiros, Kristen; Kozlowski, Alison M.; Beighley, Jennifer S.; Rojahn, Johannes; Matson, Johnny L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Previous research has found that individuals with intellectual disability and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and those with greater symptom severity within these diagnoses, show higher rates of aggressive/destructive behavior, stereotypic behavior, and self-injurious behavior. In this exploratory cross-sectional study, toddlers at-risk for a…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Mental Retardation, Autism, Mental Health Workers
It Ain't Easy Livin' in the Big Easy: Down and Dazed but Not out
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Sulkowski, Michael L.; West, Jill; Lazarus, Philip J. – Communique, 2011
In this article, the impact of two major disasters (Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil rig fire and subsequent oil spill) on residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are discussed. An overriding concern as expressed by the recently released report issued by the National Commission on Children and Disasters, 2010 "Report to the…
Descriptors: Mental Health Workers, Public Health, Mental Health, Natural Disasters
Lessons from Katrina
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Albrecht, Kay – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2005
In this article, the author relates the lessons she learned from Hurricane Katrina. During the first few days after the hurricane, it took 2,500 volunteers per hour around the clock to do what needed to be done. That included medical volunteers; crisis counselors and mental health professionals; and volunteers to distribute water and snacks, serve…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Mental Health Workers, First Aid, Natural Disasters