Redwood City School District Mental Health Counseling Program: Year 1 Implementation Study. Research Brief

Autor/inn/en	Geiser, Kristin; Elliott, Elena; Heck, Derric; Jackson, Kristen
Institution	Stanford University, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities (JGC)
Titel	Redwood City School District Mental Health Counseling Program: Year 1 Implementation Study. Research Brief
Quelle	(2022), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Counselor Role; Mental Health Workers; Health Services; Social Emotional Learning; Partnerships in Education; Multi Tiered Systems of Support; School Districts; Program Design; Program Implementation; Educational Environment; Program Development; Academic Achievement; Elementary Secondary Education; Student Needs; Program Improvement; Counseling Services; Strategic Planning; Health Promotion; Well Being; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiater; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Hochschulpartnerschaft; School district; Schulbezirk; Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schulleistung; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Kalifornien
Abstract	Redwood City School District (RCSD) has a long history of attending to the needs of its students and their families, and it has responded to this moment of crisis by setting a goal that by June 2024, every student will receive "appropriate social-emotional supports designed to meet their needs." The plan for achieving this goal includes placing a full-time, district-employed, licensed clinical mental health counselor in each of its twelve schools for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 academic years, and dedicating a portion of one counseling position to the role of "lead counselor" responsible for overseeing program design, development, and implementation. The mental health counseling program is part of a broader initiative known as the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), a comprehensive framework for creating a coordinated system of universal (Tier 1), supplemental (Tier 2), and intensive (Tier 3) supports that promote students' academic behavioral, and social-emotional growth and development. This implementation study, conducted as part of a long-term partnership between Stanford University and RCSD, aims to describe the role and contribution of RCSD's mental health counselors and identify opportunities for improvement as the program moves into its second year of implementation. A qualitative implementation study was conducted from October 2021-May 2022 focusing on data collected via 23 interviews with district and site administrators, teachers, MTSS coordinators, community school coordinators, and mental health counselors; 51 participant observations of meetings related to the counseling program and student services more broadly in which school and district staff, board members, and parents participated; and more than 100 district-produced program documents related to MTSS and/or the counseling program. This research brief summarizes key findings and identifies strategic opportunities not only for improving the counseling program, but for leveraging the program to advance a district-wide, coordinated system of support that effectively promotes mental health and wellbeing. [For the executive summary, see ED627396.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities. Stanford University, 505 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305. Tel: 650-723-3099; Fax: 650-736-7160; e-mail: gardnercenter@lists.stanford.edu; Web site: http://gardnercenter.stanford.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01