Roles and Functions of School Mental Health Professionals Within Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems.

ABSTRACT: Mental health concerns are on the rise among youth, contributing to a growing need for school-based mental health services. However, challenges to service provision arise due, in part, to workforce shortages, service fragmentation, and inefficient allocation of staff time. The current study describes the professional competencies and time allocation of four school-based mental health professions (i.e., school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, and school nurses) in order to demonstrate how schools can leverage the skills of their existing staff to coordinate a comprehensive approach to support student mental health. First, we identified the core clinical competencies needed to implement the key features of comprehensive school mental health systems. Then, we crosswalk

SUBMITTER: Zabek F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9321305 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature