Abstract This study examines the interplay between individual and social–developmental factors in development of positive functioning, substance use problems, mental health problems. is nested within negative developmental cascades that span childhood, adolescence, transition to adulthood, adulthood. Data are drawn from Seattle Social Development Project, a gender-balanced, ethnically diverse community sample 808 participants interviewed 12 times ages 10 33. Path modeling showed short-...

Abstract School disengagement is a critical factor that will likely exacerbate long-standing racial inequities in educational outcomes during the aftermath of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Due to their training and contact with at-risk students, school social workers other school-based mental health professionals (SMHP) are an ideal position understand impact COVID-19 virtual learning on K–12 students. To end, this study reports findings from survey SMHP about differential...

Abstract Prevention Science seeks to advance the prevention research and translate scientific advances into promotion of healthy development for all youth. Despite tremendous progress creating a robust evidence-base set translational tools, elaborations expansions equity are required. Our collective errors omission as researchers have left practitioners policy-makers without sufficient information identify strategies that been demonstrated prevent behavioral health problems in young people...

Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs are widely used, yet concerns have arisen about whether the evidence for these extends to students of color (SOC). The data in this study include published articles (n = 158) trials 97) SEL interventions 32) from CASEL SELect list evidence-based programs. Using racial frames common intervention research, we examined extent SOC representation trials, how authors attend race/ethnicity their analyses, analyses show that benefit specific racial/ethnic...

High-quality social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives have been demonstrated to prevent problems promote wellbeing among youth. Educational leaders are tasked with implementing SEL that creates the conditions for students thrive. initiatives, intended facilitate healthy development address inequities, often face implementation challenges threaten their success. To overcome these challenges, CalHOPE Student Support was established as an effort build capacity of in K-12 public schools...

High-quality social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives have been demonstrated to prevent problems promote wellbeing among youth. Educational leaders are tasked with implementing SEL that creates the conditions for students thrive. initiatives, intended facilitate healthy development address inequities, often face implementation challenges threaten their success. To overcome these challenges, CalHOPE Student Support was established as an effort build capacity of in K-12 public schools...

High-quality social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives have been demonstrated to prevent problems promote wellbeing among youth. Educational leaders are tasked with implementing SEL help create conditions for students thrive. initiatives, intended facilitate healthy development address inequities, often face implementation challenges that threaten their success. To overcome these challenges, CalHOPE Student Support was established as an effort build capacity of in K-12 public schools...

High-quality social and emotional learning (SEL) initiatives have been demonstrated to prevent problems promote wellbeing among youth. Educational leaders are tasked with implementing SEL help create conditions for students thrive. initiatives, intended facilitate healthy development address inequities, often face implementation challenges that threaten their success. To overcome these challenges, CalHOPE Student Support was established as an effort build capacity of in K-12 public schools...

Abstract Relationships between students and teachers are a critical protective factor for all students, especially Black, Indigenous, youth of color (BIYOC). Critical racial consciousness is the ability to recognize resist racism. This study explores how teacher contributes shaping learning environments, perceive their interactions with BIYOC, BIYOC perceptions relationships create environments that foster belonging. Data collection consisted interviews school (White, n = 7; people color, 4)...

Abstract An audience response system (ARS) has become popular among educators in medicine and the health professions because of system's ability to engage listeners during a lecture presentation. No one described usefulness ARS technology planned nonlecture peer teaching sessions gross anatomy instruction for professionals. The unique feature each session was nongraded 12–15 item quiz assembled by six second‐year doctor physical therapy (DPT) students purposely placed at beginning review...

Racism is a fundamental determinant of health inequities among racial and ethnic groups understudied adolescents. In 2023, the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey questionnaire included an item assessing experiences racism in school setting students grades 9-12 United States. This report estimates prevalence who reported ever having experienced compares by groups. For each group, differences ratios were estimated comparing indicators poor mental health, suicide risk, substance use that they...

This study constitutes a building block in the cultural adaptation of Communities That Care (CTC), community‐based prevention system that has been found to be effective reducing youth problem behaviors. Using data from CTC normative survey dataset comprises more than quarter million nationwide, this examines reliability and validity scores derived Youth Survey (CTC‐YS), one primary assessment tools for gathering community on risk protective factors related behaviors including substance use....

Weissberg, Durlak, Domitrovich, and Gullotta (2015) note that social emotional learning (SEL) is increasingly recognized as a critical component of academic life success. In many schools around the nation, SEL becoming (or has become) part comprehensive strategy to strengthen students' performance, improve school classroom climate, lessen conduct problems. A recent benefit-cost analysis by Belfield et al. six prominent programs showed positive return on original investments in these at ratio...

As schools physically closed across the country to protect against spread of COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear early on that burden students will not be equally shared. Structural racism patterns lives people color that, in turn, increases their exposure effects pandemic further impacting quality education have access to. It is critical examine ways which racial disparities social emotional and educational outcomes potential increase as a result pandemic. To end, using content analysis an...

Abstract School climate surveys are frequently used to collect information about student experiences in school. Less is known how educators use survey data after administration. This paper explores one school district’s critical of evidence promote equitable change. We conducted eight semi-structured interviews with district and leaders investigate their uses evidence. Through our qualitative, reflexive thematic analysis, we generated six themes: (1) using provide a common language; (2)...