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Wraparound Services Measure Up in Cost/Benefit Analysis
July 19, 2016 | Emily Taylor
A recent essay on the Brookings Institution’s education blog, The Brown Center Chalkboard, discusses a cost/benefit analysis of City Connects, a program that offers low-income students personalized support.
Read the essay about the measurable benefits of the City Connects program»
NAMI Program for Middle and High Schoolers Increases Understanding of Mental Health
July 11, 2016 | Emily Taylor
NAMI’s Ending the Silence program is designed to help middle and high schoolers understand mental illness. The free classroom presentation helps raise awareness and change perceptions around mental health conditions.
Learn more and schedule a presentation in your community for the coming school year»
2016 Children’s Mental Health Report
June 8, 2016 | Emily Taylor
The 2016 Children’s Mental Health Report from the independent nonprofit, the Child Mind Institute, is available for free download. The report focuses on mental health in schools and outlines recommendations for school-based mental health programs.
Download is available here >>
Schools making mental health services a priority
May 19, 2016 | Emily Taylor
For Mental Health Awareness Month, a story profiling efforts of multiple school districts around the country to incorporate mental health services for students.
Read more here >>.
Residential Schools: A Promising Alternative to Foster and Group Homes
May 16, 2016 | Emily Taylor
Profile of Crossnore School, a nonprofit residential foster care home in North Carolina, which is one of 100 organizations certified in the Sanctuary model of “integrated, trauma-informed, whole culture approach”.
Read more about it here >>.
Texting Intervention May Increase Parent Engagement
April 19, 2016 | Emily Taylor
Results of a six-week intervention study show promising potential for mobile technology as a tool to increase parent-child activities. Parents of children from 6 months to 5 years old enrolled at Early Head Start and Head Start centers were sent text messages encouraging them to engage with their children around a variety of topics, and to take time for themselves. At the end of the six-week intervention, parents were surveyed and parents who received the text message intervention engaged in more activities (singing, pretend play, storytelling, etc.) than parents who did not receive the text messages.
Read more about the study here >>.
Teaching Emotional Awareness Reduces Juvenile Recidivism
July 17, 2015 |
Professor Stephanie Van Goozen, from Cardiff University’s School of Psychology, led the study where they found just two hours of an emotional awareness course might help reduce the seriousness of future crimes. Six months following the completion of the program, researchers noted a 44 percent drop in the seriousness of offenses.