Characteristics of Effective School-Based, Teacher-Delivered Mental Health Services for Children

Purpose: The increasing need for school-based mental health services has altered teachers’ involvement in mental health services. Methods: This study presents a meta-analysis from a previous systematic review to identify which study characteristics result in effective treatment outcomes. Specific treatment characteristics analyzed in this study include type of intervention, treatment modality, length of treatment, and type of measurement. Effect sizes were coded by internalizing and externalizing disorders, depending on the symptoms the corresponding treatments were intended to address. A final sample size included 9 independent effect sizes of internalizing behaviors and 21 effect sizes of externalizing behaviors. Results: Internalizing disorders, social skill interventions, classroom modalities, and medium treatment length were moderating treatment characteristics. No significant effects were found for externalizing disorders. Conclusions: These results further add to the research on teacher’s role in school-based mental health services and provide important information for social workers who work in schools.

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The Effectiveness of School-Based Mental Health Services for Elementary-Aged Children: A Meta-Analysis

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.jaac.2017.11.022 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 57 (3) ◽

pp. 153-165 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

Amanda L. Sanchez ◽

Danielle Cornacchio ◽

Bridget Poznanski ◽

Alejandra M. Golik ◽

Tommy Chou ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

School Based ◽

Elementary Aged Children

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

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e618322013-001 ◽

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

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Promoting School Based Mental Health Services: What Can an Individual School Psychologist Do?

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e723942011-001 ◽

2004 ◽

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

School Psychologist ◽

School Based ◽

Individual School

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

Contemporary School Psychology ◽

10.1007/s40688-020-00348-z ◽

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

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The SIEP-DIRECT's Project on the discrepancy between routine practice and evidence. An outline of main findings and practical implications for the future of community based mental health services

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences ◽

10.1017/s1121189x00000154 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 358-368 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Mirella Ruggeri ◽

Antonio Lora ◽

Domenico Semisa

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Guideline Implementation ◽

Specific Treatment ◽

Care Process ◽

First Episode ◽

Routine Practice ◽

Nice Guidelines ◽

Illness Onset

SUMMARYAims– To highlight the major discrepancies that emerged between evidence and routine practice in the framework of the SIEP-DIRECT's Project (DIscrepancy betweenRoutine practice andEvidence in psychiatricCommunityTreatments onSchizophrenia). The Project was conducted in 19 Italian mental health services (MHS), with the aims of: a) evaluating the appropriateness of the NICE Guidelines for Schizophrenia in the Italian context, b) developing and testing a set of 103 indicators that operationalised preferred clinical practice requirements according to the NICE Guidelines, and c) evaluating their actual application in Italian MHSs.Methods– The indicators investigated five different areas: common elements in all phases of schizophrenia; first episode treatment; crisis treatment; promoting recovery; the aggressive behaviour management.Results– The NICE recommendations examined were judged in most instances to be appropriate to the Italian MHS context, and the indicators fairly easy to use. The more severe and frequently encountered evidence-practice discrepancies were: lack of written material, guidelines, and information to be systematically provided to users; lack of intervention monitoring and evaluation; difficulty in implementingspecific and structured forms of intervention; difficulty in considering patients' family members as figures requiring targeted support themselves and who should also be regularly involved in the patient care process.Conclusions– The key actions to be undertaken to favour implementation of evidence-based routine practices are: focussing on mental illness onset and family support/involvement in care; planning training activities aimed at achieving specific treatment goals; encouraging MHS participation in evaluation activities; identifying thresholds for guideline application and promoting specific guideline implementation actions; and activating decision making and resource allocationprocesses that rely more strictly on evidence and epidemiological assessment. These considerations are of value for rethinking the model of community psychiatry in Italy as well as in other countries.Declaration of Interest: None.

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