Mental Health in School & School Improvement:
Current Status, Concerns, and New Directions
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Contents and Preface
Introduction
Part I. Current State of the Art – intro
- Past as Prologue
- Where the Field is Now
Part II. Some Major Concerns About Pursuing Mental Health in Schools – intro
- Complex Problems, Limited Solutions
- Evidence-based Practices: Concerns About Fit and Implementation
- Labeling, Screening, and Over-pathologizing
- Overreliance on Social Control Interventions
- Overcoming Marginalization in School Improvement Policy and Practice
Part III. Advancing the Field: Opportunities and New Directions – intro
- A Period of Transition and Possible Transformation
- Expanding School Improvement Policy and Planning
- Challenges and Opportunities in the Classroom
- About Behavior Problems, Social and Emotional Learning, & Promotion of Mental Health
- Mental Health Assistance for Students at School
- Focusing on the Well-being of School Staff
- Collaboration: Working Together to Enhance Impact
Part IV. Policy and Systemic Change Considerations – intro
- New Directions for Policy
- Using and Extending the Research-base
- Addressing Systemic Change
Call to Action: Moving Forward
Appendices
- Leadership at a School Site for an Enabling or Learning Supports Component: Job Descriptions
- Recommendations for Changes in the ESEA to Move Forward
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