The Need for Performance Standards in Preschools: Stealing Shamelessly from Comprehensive School Mental Health Literature

Samantha Reaves, Samantha N. Hartley, Brandy Clarke, Sharon Hoover, N. Lever
{"title":"The Need for Performance Standards in Preschools: Stealing Shamelessly from Comprehensive School Mental Health Literature","authors":"Samantha Reaves, Samantha N. Hartley, Brandy Clarke, Sharon Hoover, N. Lever","doi":"10.58948/2834-8257.1018","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Young children are at-risk for developing significant mental health difficulties just as their older, school-aged peers. Preschool settings have increasingly attempted to proactively address early childhood socioemotional needs by expanding their prevention and intervention activities. A number of emerging best practices in promoting early childhood mental health have been proposed. However, there are no comprehensive performance standards for preschool mental health and limited guidance on how preschools can align themselves with best practices. This expansion in service scope parallels the development of Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems in K-12 schools. Resources and tools developed for K-12 educational settings may serve as a useful example for preschool mental health systems interested in quality comprehensive mental health care. This conceptual article will describe the prevalence of mental health difficulties in young children, review the current guidance on supporting mental health in young children, and provide support for adapting widely used K-12 school mental health performance standards to establish comprehensive standards for organizing and implementing high quality care systems in preschool settings.","PeriodicalId":355462,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.58948/2834-8257.1018","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Young children are at-risk for developing significant mental health difficulties just as their older, school-aged peers. Preschool settings have increasingly attempted to proactively address early childhood socioemotional needs by expanding their prevention and intervention activities. A number of emerging best practices in promoting early childhood mental health have been proposed. However, there are no comprehensive performance standards for preschool mental health and limited guidance on how preschools can align themselves with best practices. This expansion in service scope parallels the development of Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems in K-12 schools. Resources and tools developed for K-12 educational settings may serve as a useful example for preschool mental health systems interested in quality comprehensive mental health care. This conceptual article will describe the prevalence of mental health difficulties in young children, review the current guidance on supporting mental health in young children, and provide support for adapting widely used K-12 school mental health performance standards to establish comprehensive standards for organizing and implementing high quality care systems in preschool settings.
学龄前儿童表现标准的必要性:无耻地从综合学校心理健康文献中窃取
幼儿和学龄儿童一样,也有出现严重心理健康问题的风险。学龄前设置越来越多地试图通过扩大他们的预防和干预活动,主动解决早期儿童的社会情感需求。提出了一些促进幼儿心理健康的新兴最佳做法。然而,没有学前心理健康的综合绩效标准,关于学前教育如何与最佳做法保持一致的指导也很有限。这种服务范围的扩大与K-12学校综合学校心理健康系统的发展平行。为K-12教育环境开发的资源和工具可以作为对高质量综合心理卫生保健感兴趣的学前心理卫生系统的有用示例。这篇概念性的文章将描述幼儿心理健康困难的普遍性,回顾当前关于支持幼儿心理健康的指导,并为适应广泛使用的K-12学校心理健康绩效标准提供支持,以建立在学前环境中组织和实施高质量护理系统的综合标准。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
自引率
0.00%
发文量
0
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:604180095
Book学术官方微信