Abstract
Family perspectives facilitate participation and positive outcomes in child mental health treatment. In schools, families and teachers must cooperate to best meet children's mental health needs, also making teacher perspectives important. In this study, caregivers and teachers participated in focus groups following the pilot year of a school-based mental health (SBMH) project. Participants noted successes and challenges of the project and suggested improvements. Although this study focuses on the SBMH project, many of the study implications are applicable to other school mental health programs and may be of value to school and community practitioners.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 297-313 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Journal of Family Social Work |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- family participation
- focus groups
- school-based mental health
- teachers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Development
- Sociology and Political Science