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Research Brief: Benefits of Schools Conducting Assessment of Children’s Mental Health Services
August 28, 2017 | Emily Taylor
AIR (American Institutes for Research) has published a brief on the benefits of having schools assess current mental health programs and services for children. It outlines the recommended steps to conducting an assessment and other resources for schools to consider.
Resource: Family Resilience and Traumatic Stress: Guide for Mental Health Providers
July 27, 2017 | Emily Taylor
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network has published “Family Resilience and Traumatic Stress” a new resource for mental health providers and others who work with families. The five page guide defines family resilience as a “family’s ability to maintain or resume effective functioning—including care of its members—following potentially traumatic events”. It provides recommendations for providers on ways to support families’ resilience.
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.
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: 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.
New SAMHSA Toolbox Promotes Mental Health and School Readiness in Young Children
May 9, 2017 | Emily Taylor
SAMHSA has introduced The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) Toolbox as a resource to support children’s healthy development, from infancy through the transition to school. The toolkit includes interactive planning tools along with videos, and other resources to support efforts in states, tribes and local communities in using the IECMHC.
Research on Benefits of Social Emotional Learning in Elementary School
April 17, 2017 | Emily Taylor
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has published a research brief on the need to support social emotional learning (SEL) to improve behavioral and academic outcomes for students. The brief includes analysis of 20 years of research on SEL programs in K-12 schools. Overall, students who were provided SEL programs performed 11 percent higher in academic achievement and behavior measures, than those who did not have SEL programs. The brief also outlines recommendations for implementing SEL programs, including providing training and coaching for educators, supporting family and community partnerships and as well as policy support at the local, state and national levels.
Resource: NCTSN Fact Sheet on Complex Trauma in Urban African-American Children, Youth, and Families
April 14, 2017 | Emily Taylor
A new 4-page fact sheet from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network discusses how families living in racially and economically segregated communities must also cope with the effects of historical trauma and inter-generational racism. It also outlines specific barriers that African-Americans may face in obtaining needed services and ideas for providers on building supportive relationships with African-American children and families who have experienced complex trauma.
Resource: Trauma Informed Oregon’s Guidelines for Discussing Traumatic Events
April 11, 2017 | Emily Taylor
Trauma Informed Oregon has created a set of recommendations on Discussing traumatic events and suicide in public meetings that may be a valuable resource for Wraparound coordinators and others when facilitating meetings. These recommendations for a trauma-informed approach may be helpful when preparing, facilitating and responding in a meeting when a participant is sharing personal experiences that may cause distress and trauma, such as suicide.