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Kim D, Lim JH, An J. The quality and effectiveness of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) intervention studies in Korea: A meta-analysis. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0269996. [PMID: 35749356 PMCID: PMC9231796 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Social-emotional learning (SEL) is an educational model for improving social-emotional competences of all students and a long-term education program connecting school, home, and community. Although there has been active research to establish evidence-based practice (EBP) of SEL programs worldwide, the quality of SEL intervention studies which is an integral part of evaluating EBP was rarely investigated. In addition, prior meta-analytic studies focused only on the effectiveness of SEL programs conducted in Western society. In this sense, in order to contribute to establishing EBP of SEL programs, the current research sought to analyze both quality and effectiveness of SEL intervention studies conducted in Korea where SEL has been investigated and applied in classroom since 2010. To conduct this study, we selected 22 peer-reviewed articles (about 23 SEL programs) and analyzed their quality by Evidence-Based Intervention (EBI) indicators and calculated effect sizes using a meta-analysis. The results of the quality analysis revealed that SEL intervention studies had some limitations with a statistical analysis, use of measurement, a control group design, intervention fidelity, and external validity. The global effect size of SEL programs was 0.27, and the results from the effect size analyses by controlling variables showed that group compositions, the number of sessions, and session length were accountable for the variability of effect sizes. Based on these findings, we discussed the directions for future research and practice on the EBP of SEL programs that can be appreciated by researchers worldwide.
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- Dongil Kim
- Department of Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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Müller B, von Hagen A, Vannini N, Büttner G. Measurement of the Effects of School Psychological Services: A Scoping Review. Front Psychol 2021; 12:606228. [PMID: 33935862 PMCID: PMC8085380 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.606228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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School psychologists are asked to systematically evaluate the effects of their work to ensure quality standards. Given the different types of methods applied to different users of school psychology measuring the effects of school psychological services is a complex task. Thus, the focus of our scoping review was to systematically investigate the state of past research on the measurement of the effects of school psychological services published between 1998 and 2018 in eight major school psychological journals. Of the 5,048 peer-reviewed articles published within this period, 623 were coded by two independent raters as explicitly refering to school psychology or counseling in the school context in their titles or abstracts. However, only 22 included definitions of effects of school psychological services or described outcomes used to evaluate school psychological services based on full text screening. These findings revealed that measurement of the effects of school psychological services has not been a focus of research despite its' relevance in guidelines of school psychological practice.
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- Bettina Müller
- Department of Educational Psychology, Competence Centre School Psychology Hesse, Institute for Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Competence Centre School Psychology Hesse, Institute for Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Competence Centre School Psychology Hesse, Institute for Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Competence Centre School Psychology Hesse, Institute for Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Cruz CM, Lamb MM, Giri P, Vanderburg J, Ferrarone P, Bhattarai S, Giardina AA, Hampanda K, Gaynes BN, Matergia M. Perceptions, attitudes, and knowledge of teachers serving as mental health lay counselors in a low and middle income country: a mixed methods pragmatic pilot study. Int J Ment Health Syst 2021; 15:40. [PMID: 33926487 PMCID: PMC8082764 DOI: 10.1186/s13033-021-00453-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Low and middle-income countries (LMICs) lack trained child mental health professionals. While teachers’ child development experience potentially positions them to fill the gap as lay mental health counselors, they have rarely delivered indicated child mental health care in LMICs. As part of assessing the feasibility of teachers serving as lay counselors, we explored teachers’ perceptions of serving as lay counselors and their mental health attitudes and knowledge. Methods In 2018, with training and supervision, 19 primary school teachers from five rural, low cost private schools in Darjeeling, India, served as lay counselors in their classrooms. Using mixed methods, we examined teacher perceptions of serving as lay counselor and mental health attitudes and knowledge through a survey (n = 15), a summative assessment (n = 14), and semi-structured interviews (n = 17). For the survey and summative assessment, pre-training, post-training, and post-intervention mean scores were compared using paired t tests. Post-intervention interviews were coded for teachers’ perceptions of serving as lay counselor and mental health attitudes and knowledge. Results Qualitatively, teachers expressed being willing to serve as lay counselor, having more inclusive mental health attitudes, and retaining mental health knowledge as applicable to use during instructional time or incorporation into the knowledge transfer process, their primary duty. By contrast, quantitatively, teachers’ attitudes appeared to become more inclusive on the study-specific survey pre versus post-training, but reverted to pre-training levels post-intervention. Teachers’ mental health knowledge on the summative assessment did not change pre-training versus post-training versus post-intervention. Conclusions Training, supervision, and serving as lay counselors led to teachers’ willingness to serve as lay counselors. Teachers served as lay counselors by utilizing therapeutic techniques during class time and incorporating them into their typical instruction, not through delivering traditional office-like care. Teacher practices may be pointing to the potential emergence of an “education as mental health therapy” system of care. Their changes in attitudes and knowledge reflected their emerging practices. Quantitative measures of knowledge and attitude changes did not capture these nuanced changes. Trial Registration The parent feasibility trial was registered on January 01, 2018 with Clinical Trials Registry – India (CTRI), reg. no. CTRI/2018/01/011471, ref. no. REF/2017/11/015895. http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/pdf_generate.php?trialid=21129&EncHid=&modid=&compid=%27,%2721129det%27.. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13033-021-00453-3.
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- Christina M Cruz
- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 101 Manning Drive, CB #7160, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 13001 E. 17th Place, Mail Stop C245, Aurora, 80045, CO, USA.,Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 131999 E. Montview Blvd., Suite 310, Mail Box A090, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Darjeeling Ladenla Road Prerna, 42 Ladenla Road, Darjeeling, West Bengal, 734101, India
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- School Psychology Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, 100 E. Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA
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- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Darjeeling Ladenla Road Prerna, 42 Ladenla Road, Darjeeling, West Bengal, 734101, India
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- Broadleaf Health and Education Alliance, 919 Main Street, Stroudsburg, PA, 18360, USA
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- Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 131999 E. Montview Blvd., Suite 310, Mail Box A090, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 101 Manning Drive, CB #7160, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 131999 E. Montview Blvd., Suite 310, Mail Box A090, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. .,Broadleaf Health and Education Alliance, 919 Main Street, Stroudsburg, PA, 18360, USA.
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School psychologists working in Nova Scotia (NS) were surveyed to determine their current practices and preferred future roles. The goals of the study were to: (a) provide insight into the practice of school psychology in NS, (b) compile a valuable resource for potential students entering into the field, (c) provide information for educational programs preparing school psychology students, and (d) encourage interprovincial communication across the Canadian provinces. Results of the surveys indicate that there have been dramatic changes in the practice of school psychology in NS over the past two decades. Along with increasing numbers of positions and more specific training, there has been an increase in time spent in psychoeducational assessment as well as further diversification of roles (intervention, prevention, consultation). There is a strong desire to decrease time spent in the psychoeducational role and increase time in the area of preventative services. Implications for practicing and upcoming school psychologists are discussed.
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Lee NK, Cameron J, Harney A, Roeg S. Dual diagnosis capability after an AOD workforce initiative. ADVANCES IN DUAL DIAGNOSIS 2011. [DOI: 10.1108/17570971111197201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PurposeDissemination of good practice information to practitioners is one of the great challenges of the substance abuse treatment sector. The authors' understanding of the process by which research is translated is limited, but a whole of workforce approach is considered best practice. This paper aims to examine organisational change as a result of a workforce capacity‐building program over six months.Design/methodology/approachA total of 195 staff (nine service managers, 39 supervisors and 147 clinicians) in 13 alcohol and other drug (AOD) services across Australia participated in mental health screening and brief intervention training using PsyCheck. PsyCheck is designed to detect and address common mental health symptoms among drug treatment clients. The Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment (DDCAT) index was used to measure capacity before and after training.FindingsThere was no significant difference between baseline and follow‐up DDCAT scores; however, the level of PsyCheck implementation indicated improvement in DDCAT scores.Practical implicationsThe results show that where organisations implement the program successfully, capacity improves; where the program is not well implemented, capacity reduces. Successful implementers report a number of common elements: the screening tool was implemented into routine assessment; there was a single onsite “champion” supporting the implementation; and they worked with the staff and persisted with the implementation even where there was initial worker resistance.Originality/valueThis paper provides the opportunity to assess workforce capacity building and the feasibility of utilising the DCCAT to measure co‐occurring mental health and substance use disorders in Australian AOD services.
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