APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
A Pilot University-School Collaborative Mental Health Program: Effects on Teachers and Students
- Anne Martin
Teachers College, Columbia University - Cheryl Foo
Teachers College, Columbia University - Nancy Eppler-Wolff
Teachers College, Columbia University - Sepideh Homayoonfar
Teachers College, Columbia University
Abstract
The School-Based Mental Health Collaboration deploys graduate students as Classroom Consultants in high-poverty New York City schools. It takes a psychoanalytic approach to promoting mentalization skills among all school stakeholders (children, parents, teachers, and principals). An evaluation measured effects on teachers and students.
Prevention/Intervention