Developing Comprehensive School Safety and Mental Health Programs offers an integrated, long-term plan to create safe and supportive learning environments.
This user-friendly guide illustrates how to develop, implement, evaluate, and sustain multiple evidence-based programs that work. This book informs school mental health professionals, administrators, and teachers about multi-tiered service delivery, organizational development, and facilitating the implementation process. It describes the complementary roles of school administrators, counselors, and school psychologists, providing school staff with time, resources, and ongoing support to strengthen their skills and sustain programs they have embraced. It expresses empathy and appreciation for teachers, advocating for their personal growth, professional collaboration, and stress management.
School leaders, facilitators, and teams are provided the knowledge, skills, and long-term plans to effectively advocate, assess needs, select programs, train and encourage staff, provide resources, and implement, evaluate, and sustain desired goals.
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Jeffrey C. Roth, PhD, NCSP, has initiated and led a school-wide conflict resolution program, positive behavioral supports, crisis response team, social skills curriculum, and professional development programs. He has served as an adjunct professor at Wilmington University and a Red Cross Disaster Mental Health volunteer, and was awarded Delaware's School Psychologist of the Year.
Terri A. Erbacher, PhD, has served as a school psychologist for over 20 years, was a professor at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for over 13 years, and has a private practice at erbacherconsulting.com. Dr. Erbacher has won numerous awards for crisis-based community service, including Pennsylvania's School Psychologist of the Year.
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Developing Comprehensive School Safety and Mental Health Programs offers an integrated, long-term plan to create safe and supportive learning environments.
This user-friendly guide illustrates how to develop, implement, evaluate, and sustain multiple evidence-based programs that work. This book informs school mental health professionals, administrators, and teachers about multi-tiered service delivery, organizational development, and facilitating the implementation process. It describes the complementary roles of school administrators, counselors, and school psychologists, providing school staff with time, resources, and ongoing support to strengthen their skills and sustain programs they have embraced. It expresses empathy and appreciation for teachers, advocating for their personal growth, professional collaboration, and stress management.
School leaders, facilitators, and teams are provided the knowledge, skills, and long-term plans to effectively advocate, assess needs, select programs, train and encourage staff, provide resources, and implement, evaluate, and sustain desired goals.
Inhalt
About the Authors
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
SECTION I Background
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Case for Comprehensive School Safety and Mental Health Programs
Chapter 3: Models Promoting School Safety and Mental Health Service Delivery
SECTION II Foundational Practices Supporting School Safety and Mental Health
Chapter 4: Positive School Climate
Chapter 5: Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Services and Education
Chapter 6: Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
Chapter 7: Family - School Collaboration and Caregiver Education
Chapter 8: Monitoring Social Media and Technology
SECTION III: Programs and Practices Supporting School and Student Safety
Chapter 9: Crisis Prevention, Preparedness, and Response
Chapter 10: Violence Prevention, Threat Assessment, and Intervention
Chapter 11: Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention
SECTION IV School-Wide Programs Promoting Positive Behavior and Mental Health
Chapter 12: Universal Mental Health Screening
Chapter 13: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Chapter 14: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Chapter 15: Trauma - Informed Schools (TIS)
SECTION V Professional Development for School Safety and Mental Health
Chapter 16: Developing Effective Professional Development
Chapter 17: Best Practices in Professional Development
SECTION VI Putting It All Together
Chapter 18: Implementing, Evaluating, and Sustaining Integrated Programs and Practices
Chapter 19: Integrating and Managing Multiple Programs and Practices
Appendix
- Appendix: Highly rated, evidence-based programs
- Online Resource 1: Highly rated, evidence-based programs
- Online Resource 2: Resources and websites organized by relevant topics
- Online Resource 3: Tips and strategies on topics of interest to teachers, administrators, and parents/caregivers
- Online Resource 4: Sample Universal and Follow-up Mental Health Screening Instruments
- Online Resource 5: Sample scales to follow up and further evaluate indicated trauma and possible post-traumatic stress
- Online Resource 6: Sample scales to indicate emotional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth and families
- Online Resource 7: Sample Workshop Evaluation Form
- Online Resource 8: Parent Interview Form that incorporates history of potential trauma and symptoms
Online Resources: Available on the Routledge website
Index