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Guide to Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs
July 19, 2017 | Emily Taylor
A new guide, “Navigating Social and Emotional Learning from the Inside Out,” is available online now from Harvard Graduate School of Education. Designed to help schools evaluate existing programs, the guide provides an overview of 25 evidence-based ESL programs and provides guidelines to help school leaders choose the best program for their setting.
Programs that teach emotional intelligence in schools have lasting impact
July 12, 2017 | Emily Taylor
Authors of a new meta-analysis study published in Child Development, looked at results of 82 different school-based social and emotional learning programs involving more than 97,000 students from kindergarten to middle school in the U.S., Europe and the U.K. They found positive outcomes compared to peers who did not participate in the programs, including higher high school and college graduation rates and lower incidence of drug use, arrest and mental health diagnoses.
Resources from CDC to Stop Bullying
June 28, 2017 | Emily Taylor
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published a new resource to help states and communities prevent bullying: A Comprehensive Technical Package for the Prevention of Youth Violence and Associated Risk Behaviors outlines evidence-based strategies for bullying prevention. In addition, CDC is offering an online Bullying Prevention Training Course teaching a public health approach through community-wide prevention strategies.
Research: Quality of Early Family Relationships Affects Children’s Mental Health
June 22, 2017 | Emily Taylor
Researchers from the Academy of Finland conducted a seven-year longitudinal study to investigate the impact that the transition to parenthood has on families and what effect early family relationships have on children’s emotional development. The study included 710 Finnish families during pregnancy, when the children were two months, and again at one year and middle childhood. Researchers identified various family types and found that problematic family types were tied to different emotional regulation problems in middle childhood.
SAMHSA Report: Emergency Dept. Visits Involving Underage Alcohol Misuse
June 14, 2017 | Emily Taylor
Last month, SAMHSA issued a short report on Emergency Department visits involving alcohol misuse by people aged 12 to 20 between 2010 and 2013. The report includes data on hospital visits related to alcohol-only and drug and alcohol combination and breaks results down by age segments and gender within the 12 to 20 group.
Research: Mental Health Crises in Children and Young Adults
June 7, 2017 | Emily Taylor
Research published this month in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry found more than half of youth admitted to the hospital for a mental health issue had no previous history of contact with mental health care services. Researchers looked at data on emergency hospital visits for more than 100,000 young people aged 10-24 in Ontario, Canada over a four year period. Findings suggest that improved access to primary care would help to prevent emergency hospital visits.
Suicide Prevention Resources
June 5, 2017 | Emily Taylor
The University of Nebraska Lincoln’s Student Engagement Project has published a free Suicide Prevention Brief with information for educators on how to prevent suicide among students and what to do when a suicide occurs. According to the brief, “school-age students (10-19) are most at-risk for suicidal behaviors, and are most accessible for suicide prevention interventions while they are in school”.
Research: Costs to Community Mental Health Agencies to Sustain an Evidence-Based Practice
June 2, 2017 | Emily Taylor
A recent article published in Psychiatric Services, is based on a study that looked into a frequently cited barrier to the sustainability of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP): cost. The study tested a method for quantifying the costs of implementing EBP compared with usual care.
New from NCTSN: Complex Trauma Resource Guide
May 26, 2017 | Emily Taylor
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) has published a
new resource guide for youth who have experienced, or know someone who has experienced, Complex Trauma. The guide is designed for older youth, adolescents and young adults to use independently, or for clinicians and caregivers to use as a conversation guide with them.
National Center for Children in Poverty Policy Report
May 23, 2017 | Emily Taylor
A new policy report, Strong at the Broken Places: The Resiliency of Low-Income Parents from The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, looks at traits of resiliency of low-income parents to identify ways to promote resiliency in other parents.