School-based mental health supports during COVID-19: School professional perspectives

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  • Marraccini M.E.
    • Affiliation: School of Education
  • Griffard M.K.R.
    • Affiliation: School of Education
  • Whitcomb C.E.
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health
  • Wood C.
    • Affiliation: School of Education
  • Griffin D.C.
    • Affiliation: School of Education
  • Pittleman C.
    • Affiliation: School of Education
  • Sartain L.
    • Affiliation: School of Education
Abstract
  • The present study explored the ways school professionals adapted school-based mental health supports and services for remote delivery during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We surveyed 81 school professionals (e.g., counselors, psychologists, and social workers) and conducted in-depth interviews with a subsample of professionals (n = 14) to explore their perceptions and experiences of supporting youth with mental health concerns and suicide-related risk during the fall and winter of the 2020–2021 school year. Commonly endorsed school-based mental health interventions (e.g., counseling services and checking in), ways of communicating (phone and email), and individuals delivering support and services to students with suicide-related risk (e.g., counselors and teachers) were identified based on school professional survey responses. Qualitative findings point to facilitators (e.g., specific platforms for connecting with students and families) and barriers (e.g., limited communication) to successful service delivery during COVID-19. Findings highlight the creative ways school support professionals adapted to provide school-based mental health supports. Implications for remote school-based mental health services during and following the pandemic are discussed.
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  • Article
Journal title
  • Psychology in the Schools
Journal volume
  • 60
Journal issue
  • 7
Page start
  • 2460
Page end
  • 2482
Language
  • English
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  • North Carolina General Assembly, NCGA
  • Society for the Study of School Psychology, SSSP
  • National Institute of Mental Health, NIMH, (K23MH122775, L30MH117655)
  • North Carolina Collaboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of North Carolina, UNC
  • National Institutes of Health, NIH, (UL1TR002489)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NCATS
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  • 0033-3085
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  • John Wiley and Sons Inc

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