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Transforming School Mental Health Services
Population-Based Approaches to Promoting the Competency and Wellness of Children

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September 2007 | 368 pages | Corwin

"This soundly structured book reinforces and enriches educators' skills in population-based mental health. It provides usable information on how to get administrative buy-in for implementing coordinated, proven prevention and intervention practices. Rich with Web connections and references, it can serve as a textbook, a practitioner's workbook, and as a tool kit for implementation."
—Kevin P. Dwyer, Consultant, Turnaround for Children
Former President, National Association of School Psychologists

The road map for designing and implementing effective mental health services for all students!

Studies have shown that mental wellness is a key determinant of students' academic and developmental success, but simply addressing the problems of individual students is not enough. Increasingly, schools are turning to population-based models for providing mental health services to ensure that students maintain the psychological, social, and emotional competence needed for learning. This comprehensive guidebook demonstrates how to use this approach to effectively assess mental health needs and design appropriate prevention and intervention strategies that will benefit individual students, whole classrooms, and an entire school population.

Drawing from a wealth of current research and backed by evidence supporting the effectiveness of the population-based approach, this wide-ranging resource offers:

  • Formal and informal strategies for identifying and prioritizing a school's mental health needs, as well as risk and protective factors
  • Insights into creating and managing a nurturing school environment, promoting psychological well-being, and preventing mental health problems
  • Suggestions for engaging parents in the process of fostering mental health
  • Intervention strategies that address significant behavioral problems, including violence, bullying, depression, and difficulty relating to peers
  • An integrated ten-step sequence for shifting from conventional approaches that focus only on individual problems to population-based services that support all students

Transforming School Mental Health Services is the ideal resource for school mental health professionals and critical decision makers looking to optimize students' wellness and educational performance.


 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
Beth Doll, Jack A. Cummings
1. Why Population-Based Services Are Essential for School Mental Health, and How to Make Them Happen in Your School
 
Part I. Population-Based Assessment
Rick Jay Short, William Strein
2. Behavioral and Social Epidemiology: Population-Based Problem Identification and Monitoring
Jean A. Baker
3. Assessing School Risk and Protective Factors
 
Part II. Population-Based Intervention
Sandra L. Christenson, Elizabeth M. Whitehouse, and Gretchen R. VanGetson
4. Partnering With Families to Enhance Students' Mental Health
George G. Bear
5. Schoolwide Approaches to Behavior Problems
Rebecca S. Martinez, Leah M. Nellis
6. Response to Intervention: A School-Wide Approach for Promoting Academic Wellness for All Students
Kenneth W. Merrell, Barbara A. Gueldner, Oanh K. Tran
7. Social and Emotional Learning: A School-Wide Approach to Intervention for Socialization, Friendship Problems, and More
Susan M. Swearer, Dorothy L. Espelage, Kelly Brey Love, Whitney Kingsbury
8. Schoolwide Approaches to Intervention for School Aggression and Bullying
James J. Mazza, William M. Reynolds
9. Schoolwide Approaches to Prevention of and Intervention for Depression and Suicidal Behaviors
 
Part III. Policy and Evaluation
Bonnie K. Nastasi, John H. Hitchcock
10. Evaluating Quality and Effectiveness of Population-Based Services
Howard S. Adelman, Linda Taylor
11. Schoolwide Approaches to Addressing Barriers to Learning and Teaching
Jack A. Cummings, Beth Doll
12. Getting From Here to There
 
Index

"This soundly structured book reinforces and enriches your skills in population-based mental health. It provides usable information on how to get administrative buy-in for implementing coordinated, proven prevention/intervention practices. Rich with Web connections and references, it can serve as a textbook, a practitioner's workbook, and as a tool kit for implementation."

Kevin P. Dwyer, Consultant, Turnaround for Children
Former President, National Association of School Psychologists

"I would like to see this book in the hands of every practitioner in the country! It represents where school psychology needs to go in order to meet the increasingly complex needs of students and families and to create learning environments that remove barriers to student achievement."

John Desrochers, Editor-Elect, Communique
National Association of School Psychologists

"Uses a wealth of studies and research to offer both formal and informal methods for defining and prioritizing a school's mental health program. School administrators will find this book a winner to developing a mental health program that addresses all the issues."

The Bookwatch, December 2007
Midwest Book Review
Key features
  • A "roadmap" to conducting a needs assessment of mental health services for all students in a school and to designing and implementing a mental health services program responsive to those needs 
  • School-wide approaches to intervention in significant behavioral problems, including violence, bullying, depression, and socialization difficulties
  • Interventions may be classwide, schoolwide or districtwide, and involve the participation of families, students, and the community
  • Strategies for involving parents in fostering mental health

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