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Book The Use of Student Self Report Screening Data for Mental Health Risk Surveillance

Download or read book The Use of Student Self Report Screening Data for Mental Health Risk Surveillance written by B. V. Dever and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child and adolescent mental health disorders are known to increase the risk for numerous poor school and life outcomes for children and adolescents including suicidal ideation and attempts, academic underachievement and school dropout, substance use and disorders, and physical fighting or victimization by a weapon (Bradley, Doolittle, & Bartolotta, 2008; Brown & Grumet, 2000; Dowdy, Furlong, & Sharkey, 2012; O'Connell, Boat, & Warner, 2009). A preventive approach to mitigating associated impairment, morbidity, and poor outcomes in school settings has been advised for at least four decades (Cowen et al., 1973). The widespread adoption of preventive models, methods, and procedures for achieving this goal, however, has remained nascent in U.S. schools (Jamieson & Romer, 2005). Schools have long been identified as the community context of choice for delivering preventive mental health services. As major societal institutions, schools provide an organizational structure that reaches more children with more continuity than primary care, or any other child and family service setting (Doll & Cummings, 2008). Schools, however, are rather unprepared to provide preventive mental health services due to limited staff training, time commitment to educational service delivery, and a lack of assessment methods for delivering services such as universal screening (Fox, Halpern, & Forsyth, 2008; Levitt, Saka, Romanielli, & Hoagwood, 2007; O'Connell et al., 2009). Universal screening is the first step in any preventive, secondary prevention, or early intervention program for mental health problems (Levitt et al., 2007). A National Academies of Sciences report identified four levels of prevention, including: (1) universal prevention where community risk factors, such as school safety, are of interest, (2) selective prevention where high risk groups, such as children exposed to maternal depression, are identified for services, (3) indicated prevention where screening for behavioral and sub-syndromal symptoms is used to identify children for early intervention services [defined as behavioral or emotional risk (BER), for the purposes of this study], and (4) assessment for detection, diagnosis, and treatment of a mental health disorders (O'Connell et al., 2009). A central impediment to the adoption of universal screening measures for school-based screening of large groups of children has been the practicality of such measures, especially the associated personnel costs and test administration time that competes directly with the demand for academic instructional time (Dowdy, Ritchey, & Kamphaus, 2010). Although newer screening measures such as the one used in this study require only a few minutes per child, the practicality of screening thousands of students in numerous schools is yet to be determined (Dever, Raines, & Barclay, 2012). The current investigation sought to determine: (1) Whether or not a brief self-report screener of behavioral and emotional risk (BER) could be used universally in middle and high school with little concern about interference with instructional time or other practical concerns. (2) If the screener would produce score differences between schools that were consistent with school administrator concerns, which predicted that some schools were characterized by more adolescent BER than others. (3) Whether or not demographic variables such as child race/ethnicity, gender, SES, or grade level were strongly associated with screener scores. (4) If individual screener results demonstrated discriminant validity by assessing their association with classification as eligible for special education programs due to the presence of severe behavioral and emotional problems or diagnosed mental health disorders. Data were collected from 3 middle and 4 high schools in a mid-sized city in the Southeastern United States. A brief screening measure, the BESS Student Form, was administered to all students in groups, usually in homerooms, by school district employed school psychologists and school psychology doctoral students. Descriptive statistics for the sample by school are shown in Table 1. In order to test whether the screener would produce score differences between schools that were consistent with school administrator concerns, an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) comparing schools was conducted. Socioeconomic status produced the most non-significant findings in that free or reduced lunch eligibility status, unlike the other demographic variables, did not produce any statistically significant differences between the BESS factors. In relationship to the fourth research question, special education status was linked statistically to only two of the BESS factors: adjustment (F = 60.10, p

Book Fostering Healthy Mental  Emotional  and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth

Download or read book Fostering Healthy Mental Emotional and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-01-18 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) development is a critical foundation for a productive adulthood. Much is known about strategies to support families and communities in strengthening the MEB development of children and youth, by promoting healthy development and also by preventing and mitigating disorder, so that young people reach adulthood ready to thrive and contribute to society. Over the last decade, a growing body of research has significantly strengthened understanding of healthy MEB development and the factors that influence it, as well as how it can be fostered. Yet, the United States has not taken full advantage of this growing knowledge base. Ten years later, the nation still is not effectively mitigating risks for poor MEB health outcomes; these risks remain prevalent, and available data show no significant reductions in their prevalence. Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth: A National Agenda examines the gap between current research and achievable national goals for the next ten years. This report identifies the complexities of childhood influences and highlights the need for a tailored approach when implementing new policies and practices. This report provides a framework for a cohesive, multidisciplinary national approach to improving MEB health.

Book Conducting Behavioral and Social Emotional Assessments in MTSS

Download or read book Conducting Behavioral and Social Emotional Assessments in MTSS written by Nathaniel von der Embse and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conducting Behavioral and Social-Emotional Assessments in MTSS: Screen to Intervene offers effective assessment strategies for improving mental and behavioral health decision-making within multi-tiered systems of support. Accessible to school psychologists, behavior analysts, PBIS team leaders, and other school-based professionals, this applied book features evidence-based practices and case study examples to show how assessment data can drive prevention and intervention services, particularly at Tiers 1 and 2. Specific tools and recommendations for universal screening, problem analysis, and progress monitoring procedures offer a fresh, real-world approach to data-driven implementation of supports across schools.

Book Handbook of Prevention Science

Download or read book Handbook of Prevention Science written by Beth Doll and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Prevention research has traditionally focused on preventive interventions tied to specific disorders, e.g., substance abuse, conduct disorders, or criminality. This produced "silos" of isolated knowledge about the prevention of individual disorders but not about interventions that work across disorders. This handbook is the first to comprehensively describe current research and practice in mental health prevention programs that is organized around comprehensive prevention systems that reach across all disorders and all institutions within a community. Throughout the book preventive interventions are seen as a necessary component of effective mental health programs, not as a replacement for therapeutic interventions"--Provided by publisher.

Book Emerging Strategies for Public Education Reform

Download or read book Emerging Strategies for Public Education Reform written by Grant, Marquis Carter and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adaptability of public education is essential for the success of students and education professionals alike. Comprehensive reform that promotes equality and equity in educational spheres can promote adaptability and allow educational institutions and education professionals better longevity. Emerging Strategies for Public Education Reform is a cutting-edge research publication that provides comprehensive research on merging topics that have a significant impact on teaching and learning, which may include educational policy and updating teacher education. Featuring a wide range of topics such as curriculum design, mental health, and religious education, this book is ideal for academicians, curriculum designers, education professionals, researchers, policymakers, and students.

Book Screening for Internalizing Disorders in College Students

Download or read book Screening for Internalizing Disorders in College Students written by Amanda Zanko and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although numerous studies have focused on understanding the utility of the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC; Reynolds & Kamphaus, 2015) across multiple populations, many of the studies that focus on the use of this measure with the college population have used the previous edition (BASC-2). Given the rising rates of anxiety and depression in the college population (Center for Collegiate Mental Health [CCMH], 2020) and the resulting increased risk for negative outcomes such as academic failure, dropout, self-harm, and suicidality (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013; Bakken, 2021; BlackDeer, 2021), ordinal and binomial logistic regression analyses were used to examine the BASC-3 College Self-Report form (SRP-COL) in predicting mental health and academic outcomes for a sample of full-time college students (N = 136) enrolled in a large university. The Internalizing Problems Composite, specifically the Anxiety subscale, significantly predicted self-reported diagnosis of anxiety and/or depression; however, gender and age were the only statistically significant predictors of college GPA. Practical implications regarding the use of the BASC-3 SRP COL in predicting academic and mental health outcomes for college students, as well as limitations and directions for future research, also are discussed.

Book The Science of Self report

Download or read book The Science of Self report written by Arthur A. Stone and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of chapters on the many issues involved in collecting, interpreting, and working with self-report data will be invaluable to scholars and professionals in the mental and behavioral sciences.

Book Well Being in the Information Society  When the Mind Breaks

Download or read book Well Being in the Information Society When the Mind Breaks written by Hongxiu Li and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society, WIS 2022, held in Turku, Finland, in August 2022. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The proceedings are structured in four sections as follows: ​mental well-being and e-health; social media and well-being; innovative solution for well-being in the information society; driving well-being in the information society.

Book Handbook of Positive Psychology in Schools

Download or read book Handbook of Positive Psychology in Schools written by Kelly-Ann Allen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 813 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Positive Psychology in Schools offers the most current and comprehensive insights into how positive psychology principles provide a framework for young people to become active agents in their own learning. The third edition of this groundbreaking volume assembles the latest global research identifying fundamental assets—hope, optimism, gratitude, self-efficacy, emotional regulation, among others—that support students’ learning and well-being. Chapters examining social-ecological perspectives on classroom quality and school climate provide best practice guidance on schoolwide policies and practices. These 35 new chapters explore positive psychology’s ongoing influence and advances on prevention, intervention, and assessment practices in schools.

Book Mental Health Screening at School

Download or read book Mental Health Screening at School written by Meghan C. Stiffler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the use of prediagnostic mental health screening as part of preventive services in primary and secondary schools. It presents the theory underlying mental health screening for children and the obstacles against its widespread implementation. Empirical findings illustrate the potential of schools as the platform for mental and general health services. The authors contribute their own experiences to provide real-world perspectives and establish future directions for research and practice on mental health screening in schools. Featured topics include: Rationales for comprehensive mental health screening in schools. Evaluations of widely used assessment instruments for suitability with children and youth. An analysis of mental health screening in a Response to Intervention framework. The multiple-gate approach to screening and service delivery. Benefits and challenges of screening in educational settings. Current and emerging issues in the field. Mental Health Screening at School is a valuable resource for clinicians and scientist-practitioners, researchers, and graduate students in school psychology, social work, special education, and school counseling, as well as school principals and administrators.

Book A Nationwide Framework for Surveillance of Cardiovascular and Chronic Lung Diseases

Download or read book A Nationwide Framework for Surveillance of Cardiovascular and Chronic Lung Diseases written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic diseases are common and costly, yet they are also among the most preventable health problems. Comprehensive and accurate disease surveillance systems are needed to implement successful efforts which will reduce the burden of chronic diseases on the U.S. population. A number of sources of surveillance data-including population surveys, cohort studies, disease registries, administrative health data, and vital statistics-contribute critical information about chronic disease. But no central surveillance system provides the information needed to analyze how chronic disease impacts the U.S. population, to identify public health priorities, or to track the progress of preventive efforts. A Nationwide Framework for Surveillance of Cardiovascular and Chronic Lung Diseases outlines a conceptual framework for building a national chronic disease surveillance system focused primarily on cardiovascular and chronic lung diseases. This system should be capable of providing data on disparities in incidence and prevalence of the diseases by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and geographic region, along with data on disease risk factors, clinical care delivery, and functional health outcomes. This coordinated surveillance system is needed to integrate and expand existing information across the multiple levels of decision making in order to generate actionable, timely knowledge for a range of stakeholders at the local, state or regional, and national levels. The recommendations presented in A Nationwide Framework for Surveillance of Cardiovascular and Chronic Lung Diseases focus on data collection, resource allocation, monitoring activities, and implementation. The report also recommends that systems evolve along with new knowledge about emerging risk factors, advancing technologies, and new understanding of the basis for disease. This report will inform decision-making among federal health agencies, especially the Department of Health and Human Services; public health and clinical practitioners; non-governmental organizations; and policy makers, among others.

Book Insights in Public Mental Health  2022

Download or read book Insights in Public Mental Health 2022 written by Wulf Rössler and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Integrated Primary and Behavioral Care

Download or read book Integrated Primary and Behavioral Care written by William O'Donohue and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely analysis spotlights the concepts and possibilities of the Patient-Centered Medical Home for bringing mental health and other specialties into primary care. Overview chapters present the Patient-Centered Medical Home model, emphasizing how such systems are organized to solve widespread problems with accessibility, affordability, efficiency, and safety. Practitioner roles, boundaries, and opportunities plus applications are clarified, as well as staffing, financial, and technological challenges. And the section on applications describe care models for special populations, such as comprehensive services to the seriously mentally ill and behavioral services to patients with chronic health conditions. Included in the coverage: Integrated care and specialty behavioral health care in the patient-centered medical home. Training the behavioral health workforce for the patient-centered medical home. The importance of stepped care protocols for the redesign of behavioral health care in patient-centered medical homes. Depression management in the medical home. Treating obesity in a primary care setting. Integrating behavioral health in the pediatric medical home. For health and clinical psychologists, primary care and family physicians, and public health professionals, Integrated Primary and Behavioral Care represents the potential for an exciting new frontier in primary care reform.

Book Results from the     National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Download or read book Results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health written by National Survey on Drug Use and Health (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Clinician s Guide to the Behavior Assessment System for Children  BASC

Download or read book The Clinician s Guide to the Behavior Assessment System for Children BASC written by Cecil R. Reynolds and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2002-06-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guide for professionals using the popular Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC), this book provides in-depth coverage of all BASC components, their uses, clinical and research applications, and interpretation. Written by BASC originators Cecil R. Reynolds and Randy W. Kamphaus, the book demonstrates the use of the system in clinical work with children with ADHD, behavior problems, depression, and many other conditions. Important research studies are presented and applications discussed for program evaluation, screening and early intervention research, diagnosis, treatment design, and treatment monitoring. The book contains numerous illustrative case studies. Other invaluable features are tables guiding the interpretation of deviant scores for each scale; several new subscales, including a Frontal Lobe/Executive Function scale; detailed coverage of forensic applications; and useful appendices, including a Spanish-language informational handout for parents.

Book Preventive Mental Health at School

Download or read book Preventive Mental Health at School written by Gayle L. Macklem and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some engage in high-risk behaviors. Others need help with emotional skills. Many are affected by mental disorders. While every school has its share of students needing comprehensive mental health services, personnel struggle to address these needs effectively in an era of scarce resources and dwindling budgets. Preventive Mental Health at School gives school-based practitioners and researchers an accessible, nuanced guide to implementing and improving real-world proactive programs and replacing outmoded service models. Based firmly in systems thinking and an ecological-public health approach, the book outlines the skills needed for choosing evidence-based interventions that are appropriate for all students, and for coordinating prevention efforts among staff, educators, and administration. As schools become more and more diverse, school-based practitioners must become knowledgeable in regard to the critical racial and cultural differences that affect students, their families, and enrich our schools. Research currently available to help meet the needs of various groups of children and their families is included as each topic is addressed. In addition, the author provides a theoretical groundwork and walks readers through the details of assessing resources and needs, applying knowledge to practice, and evaluating progress. Instructive case examples show these processes in action, and further chapters address questions of adapting programs already in place for greater developmental or cultural appropriateness. Included in the coverage: Student engagement, motivation, and active learning. Engaging families through school and family partnerships. Evidence-based prevention of internalizing disorders. Social emotional learning. Adapting programs for various racial and ethnic populations. Adapting programs for young children. Preventive Mental Health at School offers solid guidance and transformative tools to researchers, graduate students, and professionals/practitioners/clinicians in varied fields including clinical child and school psychology, social work, public health and policy, educational policy and politics, and pediatrics.

Book Cumulated Index Medicus

Download or read book Cumulated Index Medicus written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: