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Impact of a School-Based, Multi-Tiered Emotional and Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention on School Safety and Discipline.
- Source :
- Prevention Science; May2021, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p492-503, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Schools across the United States are struggling with how to formulate comprehensive and effective programs to address the mental health needs of students and to promote school safety. This study, funded as part of the National Institute of Justice Comprehensive School Safety Initiative, employed a randomized controlled study design to evaluate the impact of a multi-component package of crisis prevention and response interventions on school safety and discipline outcomes, including suspensions, office discipline referrals, bullying reports, juvenile justice referrals, threat assessments, and follow-up procedures. Forty schools participated, all in a culturally diverse Mid-Atlantic, US school system spanning urban, suburban, and rural areas. The Emotional and Behavioral Health-Crisis Response and Prevention (EBH-CRP) intervention is a comprehensive training, organizational, and support protocol for school and community stakeholders aimed at increasing competence in preventing and responding to student EBH crises using multiple evidence-informed strategies that address emotional and behavioral health concerns across the continuum of supports. Results indicate that the EBH-CRP intervention had a significant positive effect on suspensions, office discipline referrals, and juvenile justice referrals for secondary schools. In addition, the intervention had positive effects on the number of bullying reports overall, with a particularly strong impact on primary schools. The intervention also had positive effects in maintaining more use of threat assessment and follow-up procedures. Although the intervention had a significant positive effect on secondary school-level suspensions, there was no impact on racial/ethnic disproportionality rates for this outcome. Implications for school safety prevention are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL health
SCHOOL safety
SCHOOL discipline
MENTAL health of students
CRISIS intervention (Mental health services)
DISCIPLINE of children
COMMUNITY-school relationships
BULLYING prevention
RESEARCH
SCHOOL health services
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
EVALUATION research
COMPARATIVE studies
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
STUDENTS
SCHOOLS
RESEARCH funding
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13894986
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Prevention Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 149924720
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01195-3