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Chaudhuri, Anindita. The need for mental health resources in schools: a survey of needs conducted with school principals. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-02k4-0925

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TitleThe need for mental health resources in schools: a survey of needs conducted with school principals
NameChaudhuri, Anindita (author); Schneider, Kenneth (chair); Segal, Jeffrey (member); Pisano, Leonard V. (member); Rutgers University; Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Date Created2021
Other Date2021-08 (degree)
SubjectPsychology, Mental health needs in schools, Mental health practices in schools, Mental health resources in schools, Mental health supports in schools during Covid-19
Extent1 online resource (VIII, 122 pages)
DescriptionMental health in children has been defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as reaching developmental and emotional milestones, learning healthy social skills and learning how to cope when there are problems (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013). Mental health in children is a crucial component of overall health and an important predictor of their ability to thrive and succeed in school and to lead productive lives as adults later. Children and adolescents spend most of their days in school and schools often serve as primary locations for the delivery of mental health services for them (Adelman & Taylor, 2010). While current literature documents several school based services that are in place to address the mental health needs in children, there are gaps that lie between the student mental health needs evinced the services in place and the need for better and more comprehensive measures to address them. The current Covid-19 pandemic has served to complicate matters further and has served to render the topic of mental health awareness and access to mental health services in schools more salient. The principle investigator utilized a qualitative method guided by a Grounded Theory approach to explore school principal perspectives on the need for and access to mental health resources within schools. The PI interviewed a total of 20 school administrators using a semi structured interview protocol consisting of 26 questions. Data analysis involved coding interview content guided by open coding, axial coding and selective coding processes outlined by Strauss and Corbin’s (1990) qualitative approach. Interview data explored school administrator perceptions across the following areas: The perception of violence in schools, factors involved, Mental health in schools, Principal training and experience, Principal role in schools, Staffing in schools and staff training, Funding for mental health in schools, Barriers that prevent optimal access to mental health in schools, Impact of Covid-19 on schools, Principal aspirations for growth in the field of mental health in future. These data offer preliminary evaluation of current perspectives and practices involving access to mental health in schools and may provide implications for consideration in future.
NotePsy.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-02k4-0925
LanguageEnglish
CollectionGraduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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