Report: A Comprehensive Student Support Program in Mental Health // برنامج دعم طلابي شامل للصحة النفسية

Sherein Abdeen, null; Samah Jabr, null; Michael Morse, null; Katherine Lyman, null; Elizabeth Berger, null

doi:10.13169/bethunivj.34.2017.0143

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Author(s): Sherein Abdeen , Samah Jabr , Michael Morse , Katherine Lyman , Elizabeth Berger

Publication date (Print): 2017

Journal: Bethlehem University Journal

Publisher: Pluto Journals

Keywords: Palestine, students, schools, mental health, school-based, teachers, principals, guidance counselors, resilience, training, psychotherapy, فلسطين, مدارس, الصحة النفسية, مدراء, مرشدون, معئمون, الصلابة النفسية, تدريب, العلاج النفسي

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In response to an identified need to improve the emotional resilience of children in Palestine, the Palestinian Medical Education Initiative (PMED) developed a comprehensive program to support student mental health that was delivered at a private school in East Jerusalem in 2015–2016. This report describes the structure and function of the comprehensive program, in which training was provided for all school staff and for parents in a series of meetings and workshops, in addition to the establishment of a permanent school-based Taskforce, led by the trainer, consisting of two teachers, the principal, and the guidance counselor. The report also outlines the processes of outcomes measurement and evaluation of this program.

The aim of the Taskforce was to develop school-wide programming supporting student resilience and to make specific plans to address individual students who had been identified with behavioral or learning problems. The success of this pilot program demonstrates the effectiveness of the training/Taskforce model and suggests that future policy planning and research in Palestine consider adopting similar comprehensive student support programs.

استجابه للاحتياجات المطروحة لدينا لتحسين الصلابة النفسية لدى الأطفال في فلسطين، طؤرت المبادرة التشمية الطبية القئسطينية (PMED) برنامجا نئاة لدعم الطالب صحي ونفسي في المدارس الخاصة في القدس في العام الأكاديمي 016 2015?2. يصف هذا التقرير أساسبإت البرنامج الشامل وبنوده كما جرى عقده والذي تم به طرح التدلبا_ا لجميع العامئين في المدرسة وأهالي الطلاب ض خلال سلسلة ض التدريبات وورشات العمل، بالإضافة إلى تأسببس لجنة في كل مدرسة مكونة من معلمين اسن والهدير ومرشد الهدرسة والمدربة نفسها. كما ويوضح التقرير طريقة تقييم المشروع وقياس نتائجه

نتج عن هذه التدريبات تواصل حواري دائم بين المعئمبن وأعضاء اللجنة ض خلال الاجتماعات الاسبوعية التي كانت تعقد بانتظام، وكان الهدف ض ذلك هو تطوير البرنامج الداعم للمبلابة النفعية لدى الطالب واعداد خطط خاصة تهتم بالأطفال النين يعانون من مشكلات تعليمية وسئوكية فقط. ويؤكد نجاح المرحلة التجريبية للبرنامج نجاعة واهمية نمونج التدوسب المقترح ويوصي التقرير بضرورة وضع خطة وتبقي سياسة مستقبلية وإجراء ابحاث في فلسطين عبر تبني برامج شاملة لدعم الطهب.

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Journal ID (doi): 10.13169

Journal ID (publisher-id): bethunivj

Title: Bethlehem University Journal

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 25213695

ISSN (Electronic): 24105449

Publication date (Print): 2017

Volume: 34

Pages: 143-155

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Publisher ID: bethunivj.34.2017.0143

DOI: 10.13169/bethunivj.34.2017.0143

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Keywords: الصحة النفسية,مرشدون,تدريب,مدراء,guidance counselors,school-based,students,الصلابة النفسية,معئمون,فلسطين,mental health,Palestine,schools,resilience,العلاج النفسي,training,principals,psychotherapy,مدارس,teachers

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[1] Fazel M., Patel V., Thomas S., & Tol W. (2014). Mental health interventions in schools in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Psychiatry , 1, 388–98.

[2] Guzman, J., Kessler, R. C., Squicciarini, A. M, George, M., Baer, L., & Canenguez, K. M. (Oct. 2015). Evidence for the effectiveness of a national school-based mental health program in Chile. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 54(10), 799–807.

[3] Jabr S, Morse M, Awidi B, & Berger E. (Spring 2014). Mental health care in Palestine: barriers to excellence. Washington Psychiatrist , 13–18.

[4] O'Connell M.E., Boat T., & Warner K.E., eds. (2009). National Research Council (Washington, D.C.) and Institute of Medicine (Washington D.C.) Committee on the Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse Among Children, Youth, and Young Adults: Research Advances and Promising Interventions. Preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders among young people: progress and possibilities. Washington DC: National Academies Press.

[5] Polanczyk, G.V. (Oct 2015). Addressing the evidence gap on preventive interventions. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 54(10), 793–794.

[6] World Healt Organization. (2012). Adolescent mental health: mapping actions of nongovernmental organizations and other international development organizations. Geneva: World Health Organization.

[7] World Health Organization. (2013). Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2020. Geneva: World Health Organization.