ERIC Number: EJ1472388
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2159-2020
EISSN: EISSN-2161-1505
Available Date: 2025-02-17
Students with Intensive Mental Health Needs: What Is the Role of Schools?
Contemporary School Psychology, v29 n2 p360-376 2025
Schools are increasingly being seen as ideal locations in which to deliver school mental health (SMH) services via a multi-tiered system of support framework. Within this framework, Tier 3 services are provided to youth with the most significant level of mental health need. While schools employ a variety of SMH professionals to implement SMH services, there is some disagreement as to how these services should be delivered in the United States (U.S.). The current study used a national U.S. sample and employed a parallel convergent mixed methods methodology to describe participants' views on providing intensive mental health supports in a school setting. Specifically, we sought to examine SMH professionals' perspectives regarding: (1) the role of schools in providing intensive mental health support to students; and (2) who should provide intensive SMH services to students. Perspectives differed by locale as well as regarding what constituted "intensive mental health needs." Implications for practice, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.
Descriptors: School Health Services, Mental Health, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Program Implementation, Allied Health Personnel, School Personnel, School Role, Attitudes, Geographic Location
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: S184X190033
Department of Education Funded: Yes
Author Affiliations: 1School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, USA; 2Harvard University, Department of Psychology, Cambridge, USA; 3Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, USA