School-Based Mental Health Services in Urban Communities

2008 ◽  
pp. 165-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc S. Atkins ◽  
Stacy L. Frazier ◽  
Jaleel Abdul Adil ◽  
Elizabeth Talbott
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
School Based

School-Based Mental Health Services for Children Living in High Poverty Urban Communities

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc S. Atkins ◽  
Stacy L. Frazier ◽  
Dina Birman ◽  
Jaleel Abdul Adil ◽  
Maudette Jackson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
High Poverty ◽  
School Based

Benefits of School-Based Mental Health Services Relating to Racial and Ethnic Student Success

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janee Both-Gragg ◽  
Debra Warner ◽  
Loren M. Hill ◽  
Daniel Oakley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Student Success ◽  
School Based

scholarly journals Increasing School-Based Mental Health Services with a “Grow Your Own” School Psychology Program

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie L. Schmitz ◽  
Kerri L. Clopton ◽  
Nicole R. Skaar ◽  
Stephanie Dredge ◽  
David VanHorn
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
School Psychology ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
School Based ◽  
Grow Your Own ◽  
Psychology Program

School-Based Mental Health Services: Funding Options and Issues

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Maag ◽  
Antonis Katsiyannis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
School Based

School-based mental health services in post-disaster contexts: A public health framework

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 533-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie K. Nastasi ◽  
Stacy Overstreet ◽  
Meredith Summerville
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
School Based ◽  
Post Disaster

Mental Health Services

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Bloom
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Family Counseling ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
School Based ◽  
Counseling Group ◽  
Teachers And Parents

Mental health problems in children are a major deterrent to learning. Yet the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in 2002 pointed out that mental health services for children are so fragmented as to be ineffective in major ways. The commission’s report emphasizes the importance of using the school system as the means of delivering such services. The school-based approach to mental health helps accomplish several goals: • Minimizing barriers to learning • Overcoming stigma and inadequate access to care • Providing comprehensive on-site counseling services • Creating a school climate that promotes students’ social and emotional functioning • Promoting healthy psychological and social development This chapter will describe the mental health services at the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) community schools, focusing on staffing, structure, and strategies and describing the clinic at one school in greater detail. Questions of space, accountability, and funding will be explored, and some conclusions based on our work will be discussed. CAS’s school-based clinics, located in elementary and middle schools, provide individual and family counseling, group therapy, in-depth assessments and referrals, and crisis intervention for students and their family members. Referrals to the clinic are made by students, teachers, and parents. Assessment and intervention plans include the active participation of the child, his or her family, school staff, and anyone else who can help in understanding the child’s needs. Based on the assessment, the child and/or family are engaged in shortor long-term individual, group, or family counseling aimed at ameliorating the problems that precipitated the referral. An in-depth psychosocial assessment is the first step in developing a comprehensive treatment plan that includes short- and long-term goals. Psychological and psychiatric evaluations are scheduled as appropriate. Clinicians (social workers with M.S.W. or C.S.W. degrees) generally have caseloads of 18–22 students, with enough room in their schedules to see walk-ins and emergencies. Problems that have been successfully treated include suicide ideation, physical and sexual abuse, drug and alcohol use, disruptive school behaviors, academic delays, hyperactivity, family and peer conflicts, and depression.

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