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School-Based Development And Implementation Of Adolescent Mental Health Educational Toolkits, Chantel M. Kilford Ms
School-Based Development And Implementation Of Adolescent Mental Health Educational Toolkits, Chantel M. Kilford Ms
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
After the onset of the COVID pandemic, there were significant increases of adolescents with anxiety, behavioral and conduct problems. These disorders have devasting individual, social, and economic ramifications and school-based staff play a key role in identification, assessment, and treatment. Evidence suggested that healthcare providers, school counselors and teachers were not confident or knowledgeable about adolescent mental health. The purpose of the change in practice project was to increase knowledge and confidence among school-based healthcare providers, school counselors and teachers by providing an adolescent mental health tool kit. The toolkit focused on disruptive behavior and other prevalent mental health disorders …
School-Based Development And Implementation Of An Educational Toolkit, Chantel M. Kilford Ms
School-Based Development And Implementation Of An Educational Toolkit, Chantel M. Kilford Ms
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
The purpose of this evidence-based change in practice is to increase knowledge and confidence among healthcare providers and teachers within a high school setting by providing an educational tool kit about behavioral disorders in children. The disorders that will be focused upon are conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and common co-morbidities of these disorders. There will be education about an appropriate childhood, evidence based mental health assessment tool that assesses childhood mental health, including how to score the tool and interpret the results. Evidence suggests that healthcare providers and teachers are not confident or knowledgeable about identification, assessment, and behavioral …