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Title: A School-Based Mental Health Program


1
A School-Based Mental Health Program
  • Presented by Jennifer Fonseca

2
Purpose
  • To evaluate the availability and the needs of a
    school-based mental health program in two
    inner-city Chicago schools.

3
Research Question
  • What are the availabilities and the needs of a
    school-based mental health program as perceived
    by the school mental health center staff?

4
Setting
  • Two Urban Elementary Schools
  • -Henry Suder Elementary School
  • -Smyth Joyner Elementary School
  • Both located on the Near West Side of Chicago
  • Each surrounded by public housing
  • -Henry Horner Housing Development
  • -ABLA Public Housing

5
ABLA Public Housing(Addams, Brooks, Loomis, and
Abbott)
6
The Henry Horner Homes on the Near West Side of
Chicago
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Participants
  • Henry Suder Elementary School Staff
  • Smyth Joyner Elementary School Staff
  • University of Illinois at Chicago Staff

8
What is the STARS program?
  • Student Therapeutic Activities and Resources
    Services (STARS)
  • Helps child talk about fears, worries, and issues
    that might be causing trouble in school, getting
    along with others, and following rules

9
Available Services Provided by the STARS Program
  • Individual student counseling
  • Class room observations
  • Individual talk sessions
  • Family counseling
  • Guidance counseling
  • Play Therapy
  • Anger Management
  • Stress Management

10
Methodology
  • A survey tool was used to guide a face-to-face
    interview with 10 staff members from the mental
    health program
  • Open-ended and close-ended questions were
    organized
  • Data was analyzed by using simple descriptive
    statistics

11
Assumptions
  • Faculty and staff are very familiar with the
    STARS program
  • Faculty and staff have had children who have
    shown behavioral problems in their classrooms

12
Limitations
  • Most of the faculty and staff at the schools are
    off during summer
  • Some faculty only taught during the summer and
    were not very familiar with the program
  • The mental health program (STARS) is fairly new

13
Results
  • Time mental health program has been in schools
  • - 2 years
  • Contributing factors causing children to show
    behavioral problems in classroom
  • -Limited Community
    -Excessive Television
  • Resources (70)
    Watching (90)
  • -Lack of Parental
    -Genetics (50)
  • Supervision (100)
    -Exposure to Neighborhood
  • -Poor Nutrition (70)
    Violence (90)
  • -Other (50)

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Results (contd)
  • Behavioral concerns of children in the classroom
  • -Difficulty Sustaining
    -Leaves seat in classroom when
  • Tasks (90)
    told not to (70)
  • -Does not seem to listen
    -Talks excessively (70)
  • when spoken to (50)
    -Blurts out answers (80)
  • -Does not follow
    -Other (20)
  • instructions (60)
  • Average amount of teachers who have had a child
    or children participate in the program at these
    schools
  • - 70

15
Results (contd)
  • Behavioral changes in children who have
    participated in the program
  • -Great Improvement Overall ( 70)
  • -Others did not answer
  • As perceived by faculty, were students meeting
    their needs through the program?
  • -Yes ( 70)
  • -Others were not applicable

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Results (contd)
  • Needs for the Program
  • -More students need to participate in the
    program but have limitations such as no insurance
  • -More interaction with parents, teachers,
    and health service officials
  • -Some students need to be seen more often

17
Discussion
  • Faculty members agree that the STARS mental
    health program in both schools has shown positive
    impact on children in need
  • Plans for expanding program into other urban
    schools in underserved communities

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Acknowledgements
  • Dr. Cynthia Barnes-Boyd
  • Mentor
  • Dr. Barbara Preib-Lannon
  • Facilitator of STARS
  • program
  • SROP Staff
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