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School-based mental health services hold promise for reaching youths in need. This article draws on an ecological-mediational model for school-based mental health services that links factors in the school environment to children's mental health and academic achievement. School influences are mediated by the teachers' role in promoting mental wellness among students. Collaboration with teachers is the centerpiece for change at the school, classroom, and individual teacher levels. A mental health services delivery model that incorporates school social workers as resources to teachers, families, and children is discussed as an approach to promote and expand prevention, identification, and treatment of child emotional and behavioral difficulties in school settings.
Lynn et al. (Wed,) studied this question.