Description
Despite the marked increase in anxiety, depression, and suicidal behaviour among school-aged youth, millions of children with mental health needs never receive treatment. Too many are overlooked by "refer-test-place" approaches that only consider evidence of psychopathology without examining students' psychological well-being (or lack of well-being). Consequently, many vulnerable students slip through the cracks without receiving interventions.Fostering the Emotional Well-Being of Our Youth provides an alternative--a dual-factor model of students' mental health that integrates wellness and pathology into a single multi-tier system of mental health support. Philip J. Lazarus, Shannon M. Suldo, and Beth Doll, with foremost scholars in the field, explain what this paradigm shift means for school mental health professionals: why the promotion of well-being is important; how practitioners' day-to-day practices will change; and what the outcomes will be. This volume provides the tools to advocate for and implement supports that foster students' complete mental health.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Are our Youth All Right?Philip J. Lazarus, Shannon M. Suldo, and Beth Doll1. Conceptualizing Youth Mental Health through a Dual-Factor ModelShannon M. Suldo and Beth Doll2. Framing School Mental Health Services within a Dual-Factor Model of Mental HealthBeth Doll, Evan H. Dart, Prerna Arora, and Tai A. Collins3. Building Culturally Responsive Schools: A Model Based on the ASCD's Whole Child ApproachJanine Jones and Antoinette Halsell Miranda 4. Implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports: A Framework for Mental Health PromotionDonald Kincaid and Natalie Romer5. Adopting a Trauma-Informed Approach to Social-Emotional LearningMaurice J. Elias, Erica R. Powlo, Ava Lorenzo, and Brian Eichert 6. Promoting School Safety, School Climate, and Student Mental Health: Interdependent Constructs Built Upon Comprehensive Multidisciplinary PlanningAmy-Jane Griffiths, Elena Diamond, Zachary Maupin, James Alsip, Michael J. Keller, Kathryn Moffa, and Michael Furlong7. Preventing School Violence and Advancing School SafetyDewey Cornell and Brittany Crowley8. Cultivating Student Engagement and ConnectednessAmy L. Reschly and Christopher Pinzone9. Creating Resilient Classrooms and SchoolsBeth Doll and Hong Ni10. Strengthening the Quality of Preschool, Childcare and ParentingSoo-Young Hong, Holly Hatton Bowers, and Lisa Knoche 11. Building Family-School Partnerships to Support Positive Parenting and Promote Healthy FamiliesS. Andrew Garbacz and Linda M. Raffaele Mendez12. Promoting Physical Activity, Nutrition, and SleepEllyn M. Schmidt, Tessa N. Hamilton, and Jessica A. Hoffman13. Teaching Emotional Self-Regulation to Children and AdolescentsPhilip J. Lazarus and Annela Costa 14. Promoting Students' Positive Emotions, Character, and PurposeShannon M. Suldo, Jenni Menon Mariano, and Hannah Gilfix 15. Building a Foundation for Trauma-Informed SchoolsPhilip J. Lazarus, Stacy Overstreet, and Eric Rossen16. Preventing Bullying in SchoolsAmanda B. Nickerson and Timothy Parks 17. Supporting the Well-Being of Highly Mobile StudentsMichael L. Sulkowski18. Enfranchising Socially Marginalized StudentsAmanda L. Sullivan, Andy V. Pham, Mollie Weeks, Thuy Nguyen, and Quennie Dong19. Preventing School Failure and School DropoutRobyn S. Hess and Cynthia E. Hazel20. Providing Evidence-Based Supports to Students in the Aftermath of a CrisisPhilip J. Lazarus, Franci Crepeau-Hobson, Kathy Sievering, and Cathy Kennedy-Paine21. Raising the Emotional Well-Being of Students with Anxiety and DepressionDiana Joyce-Beaulieu and Brian Zaboski22. Implementing Statewide Practices that Promote Student Wellness and ResilienceAmity Noltemeyer, Cricket Meehan, Emily Jordan, and Michael Petrasek23. Using Universal Screening to Monitor Students' Social, Emotional, and Behavioral HealthKatie Eklund, Stephen P. Kilgus, Lauren Meyer, and Alexandra Barber 24. Accessing Targeted and Intensive Mental Health ServicesTammy L. Hughes and Maggie B. Mazzotta Afterword: We Must Be Champions for the Emotional Well-Being of Our YouthPhilip J. Lazarus and Ralph Eugene Cash
