TY - JOUR
T1 - Teachers' perspectives of children's mental health service needs in urban elementary schools
AU - Williams, James Herbert
AU - Horvath, Violet E.
AU - Wei, Hsi Sheng
AU - Van Dorn, Richard A.
AU - Jonson-Reid, Melissa
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - This study uses a phenomenological approach to investigate elementary school teachers' perspectives on children's mental health service needs. Focus groups were conducted at two elementary schools with differing levels of available social services in a moderate-sized urban midwestern school district. Data collection centered on six prominent themes from children's mental health and school social work literature: school safety, parental support and involvement, problem recognition, knowledge of community resources, service effectiveness, and service barriers. Similarities and differences were evident when comparing responses across schools. Implications for practice are discussed.
AB - This study uses a phenomenological approach to investigate elementary school teachers' perspectives on children's mental health service needs. Focus groups were conducted at two elementary schools with differing levels of available social services in a moderate-sized urban midwestern school district. Data collection centered on six prominent themes from children's mental health and school social work literature: school safety, parental support and involvement, problem recognition, knowledge of community resources, service effectiveness, and service barriers. Similarities and differences were evident when comparing responses across schools. Implications for practice are discussed.
KW - Children's mental health
KW - Elementary schools
KW - Parental support
KW - Service barriers
KW - Urban schools
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/34547167440
U2 - 10.1093/cs/29.2.95
DO - 10.1093/cs/29.2.95
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547167440
SN - 1532-8759
VL - 29
SP - 95
EP - 107
JO - Children and Schools
JF - Children and Schools
IS - 2
ER -