FOSTERING THE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF OUR YOUTH : A SCHOOL-BASED APPROACH; ED. BY PHILIP J. LAZARUS

"Fostering the Emotional Well-Being of our Youth: A School- Based Approach is an edited work that details best practices in comprehensive school mental health services based upon a dual-factor model of mental health that considers both psychological wellness and mental illness. In the introduction the editors respond to the question: Are our students all right? Then, each of the text's 24 chapters (five sections) describes empirically sound and practical ways that professionals can foster supportive school climates and implement evidence-based universal interventions to promote well-being and prevent and reduce mental health problems in young people. Topics include: conceptualizing and framing youth mental health through a dual-factor model; building culturally responsive schools; implementing positive behavior interventions and supports; inculcating social-emotional learning within schools impacted by trauma; creating a multidisciplinary approach to foster a positive school culture and promote students' mental health; preventing school violence and advancing school safety; cultivating student engagement and connectedness; creating resilient classrooms and schools; strengthening preschool, childcare and parenting practices; building family-school partnerships; promoting physical activity, nutrition, and sleep; teaching emotional self-regulation; promoting students' positive emotions, character and purpose; building a foundation for trauma-informed schools; preventing bullying; supporting highly mobile students; enfranchising socially marginalized students; preventing school failure and school dropout; providing evidence-based supports in the aftermath of a crisis; raising the emotional well-being of students with anxiety and depression; implementing state-wide practices that promote student wellness and resilience; screening for academic, behavioral, and emotional health; and accessing targeted and intensive mental health services"-- Provided by publisher cover Half Title Blank Fostering the Emotional Well-Being of Our Youth Copyright Dedication Contents Contributors Introduction: Are Our Youth All Right? 1. Conceptualizing Youth Mental Health Through a Dual-​Factor Model 2. Framing School Mental Health Services Within a Dual-​Factor Model of Mental Health 3. Building Culturally Responsive Schools: A Model Based on the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development’s Whole Child Approach 4. Implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports: A Framework for Mental Health Promotion 5. Adopting a Trauma-​Informed Approach to Social-​Emotional Learning 6. Promoting School Safety, School Climate, and Student Mental Health: Interdependent Constructs Built Upon Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Planning 7. Preventing School Violence and Advancing School Safety 8. Cultivating Student Engagement and Connectedness 9. Creating Resilient Classrooms and Schools 10. Strengthening the Quality of Preschool, Childcare, and Parenting 11. Building Family–​School Partnerships to Support Positive Parenting and Promote Healthy Families 12. Promoting Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Sleep 13. Teaching Emotional Self-​Regulation to Children and Adolescents 14. Promoting Students’ Positive Emotions, Character, and Purpose 15. Building a Foundation for Trauma-​Informed Schools 16. Preventing Bullying in Schools 17. Supporting the Well-​Being of Highly Mobile Students 18. Enfranchising Socially Marginalized Students 19. Preventing School Failure and School Dropout 20. Providing Evidence-​Based Supports to Students in the Aftermath of a Crisis 21. Raising the Emotional Well-​Being of Students With Anxiety and Depression 22. Implementing Statewide Practices That Promote Student Wellness and Resilience 23. Using Universal Screening to Monitor Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health 24. Accessing Targeted and Intensive Mental Health Services Afterword: We Must Be Champions for the Emotional Well-​Being of Our Youth Index 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.