Extension traditionally involves undergraduate students through experiential learning and internships. We sought to develop a new model, and created an undergraduate life skills course for students in our college that featured Extension educators as guest lecturers in areas aligned with their specialty. Universities have a stable population of…

We present novel evidence on the enduring and far-reaching impact of the pandemic on educator psychological well-being. Using longitudinal data from the National Survey of Early Care and Education, we examine depression prevalence for approximately 2,500 center-based early childhood educators first observed in 2019 (i.e., prepandemic) and again…

Disabled students account for one of the largest underrepresented groups on college campuses. However, engagement research of this group has used large subgroups (e.g., students with sensory disabilities), leaving practitioners without the specificity to understand disability in useful ways; for example, blind and Deaf students are from distinct…

School closures in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic precipitated losses of critical student resources as physical, mental, emotional, and social needs escalated. Identifying the challenges, strategies, and changes in school nurse (SN) practice in Massachusetts during this pandemic is fundamental to understanding how to manage future…

Public Act (PA) 102-0522, effective August 20, 2021, created the Comprehensive Personal Health and Safety and Comprehensive Sexual Health Education Act and required the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to adopt the National Sex Education Standards as the Illinois Learning Standards for sexual health education. These new standards went into…

The purpose of this project was to examine the impact of a novel hybrid computer-based dysphagia simulation training on student confidence and clinical decision-making in the area of adult dysphagia. We developed a pilot SBT database, including computer-based simulations utilizing real-life actors who simulated standardized adult patients with…

By combining a near-peer instructor (NPI) placement in a master-levelled professional program with co-design approaches, an anatomy and physiology (A&P) review session was developed to supplement Year 1 students' clinical application. An interactive A&P review, named Partners in Anatomy Learning (PAL) session, was developed by a team of…

Formal autism diagnosis is often critical for children to access early, autism-specific services and supports. However, barriers to traditional in-person evaluations, including long waitlists, delay diagnosis. The goal of the current study was to compare diagnostic impressions (i.e. clinical judgments) made by primary care clinicians and autism…

The utilization of sexually transmitted infection prevention services is an important component in preventing different sexual and reproductive health problems. Little is known about the Sexually Transmitted Infections prevention service utilization in the study area. This study aimed to assess Sexually Transmitted Infections prevention service…

Despite the strong national drive in the UK to improve children's mental health, significant concerns have been raised about initiatives aimed towards school-age children, excluding the nation's youngest. Surprisingly, little is known about whether early years training adequately prepares practitioners to support young children's mental health, as…

How do queer disabled students create connections and dream about accessible futures? With our current commitment to surveillance, queer disabled college students find ways to connect without administrative intervention and create ways to resist ableist norms. This manuscript will explore how college students who identify as queer, mad, mentally…

Background: Attitudes of health and education professionals towards individuals with disabilities critically influence service quality and inclusion. Few studies have compared these attitudes during professional training. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 425 Spanish university students (48.6% nursing; 51.4% education; 76.5%…

Social scientists know little about the experiences of transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) parents and their children's development. In this study of 138 transgender parents (age M = 35.28 years; 86.2% White/European American) with binary (52.9%) and nonbinary (47.1%) gender identities, we explore the links between family processes and young…

Student mental health in the United Kingdom (UK) remains as key priority on the agenda of many Higher Education (HE) institutions. Current mandatory education in the UK provides guidance around supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people, acknowledging that much of the origins of psychological distress and mental…

This study evaluated the convergent and discriminant validity of scores from screening tools for depression (Traumatic Symptom Checklist for Children [TSCC], Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument--Second Version [MAYSI-2], Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale--Second Edition [RADS-2], Adolescent Psychopathology Scale, Short Form [APSSF-Short…