Presenter(s)

• Elizabeth McPherson
• Elizabeth McKenney, Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Abstract

Interested in school mental health service delivery? Learn how school psychology colleagues perceive their involvement in school mental health, and how we can advocate for a broader role. Following a need to support all of children’s needs in school settings, as well as the legal implications, school psychologists’ gain mental health responsibilities within their schools, but a variety of barriers are in place to providing those high-quality mental health services. The necessity for mental health services provided within schools and the implications that cultural and structural influences have on the roles and activities of school psychologists are explored. The current study examines interviews with practicing school psychologists on their current involvement in providing mental health supports within their schools, and how they were able to obtain that role.