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Sarah Kiefer; Jacqueline Blass; Sarah Fefer; Kai Zhuang Shum; Kristen Mahony-Atallah; Shannon Suldo; John Ferron – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
ABSTRACT Many youth seek and receive mental health treatment in schools, yet research on their perceptions of these interventions remains uncommon. This qualitative study explored how student perspectives on social validity informed the ongoing implementation and evaluation of the Well-Being Promotion Program (WBPP), a Tier 2 positive psychology…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Middle School Students, Well Being, Intervention
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Te Qi; Gill Strait; Anthony Roberson; John D. Terry – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
The student check-up (SCU) is a brief school-based motivational interviewing intervention developed to promote academic-related behavioral changes and to increase accessibility to mental health services. Despite published randomized controlled trials demonstrating SCU's effectiveness in promoting student self-efficacy in academic efforts, the…
Descriptors: Students, Student Behavior, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
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Malena A. Nygaard; Heather E. Ormiston – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Since schools are an ideal setting for students to receive mental health services, Mental Health Action Plans (MHAPs) were developed to define and detail the ways in which student mental health needs can be addressed at school. Similar to Individualized Education Plans and 504 plans, MHAPs are individualized plans, grounded in person-centered care…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, School Health Services, Middle School Students, Individualized Education Programs
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Adefunke Dadematthews; Melissa M. Pangelinan; Anne E. Bowen; Stacey L. Simon; Jessica L. Chandrasekhar; Jill L. Kaar – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Advocates 4 ALL Youth (ALLY) is a universal, 6-week mental health literacy program, implemented in schools during the school day by community volunteers. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of the ALLY program on youth who endorsed negative affect (i.e., self-reported symptoms of both depression and anxiety). Using a randomized…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Literacy Education
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van de Sande, Marion C. E.; Fekkes, Minne; Kocken, Paul L.; Diekstra, René F. W.; Reis, Ria; Gravesteijn, Carolien – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
While universal school-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs claim to target various SEL competencies, earlier reviews have not provided a clear overview of the competencies in question. We therefore wished to identify the competencies targeted in SEL programs for secondary school students. We also aimed to examine the effects of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Emotional Development, Social Development, Mental Health Programs
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Robinson, Kristin E.; Rapport, Lisa J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2002
Describes a comprehensive, day treatment program conducted in public school classrooms for children with serious emotional disorders (SED) and presents data evaluating program efficacy. At the 9-month follow-up, 50.7% of the sample showed overall symptom reduction, and 27.5% scored below clinical cutoff levels, indicating remission of symptoms to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Mental Health Programs, Outcomes of Treatment