School Mental Health Providers’ Perspectives on the Impact of COVID-19 on Racial Inequities and School Disengagement

IF 1.2 Q3 SOCIAL WORK

Children & Schools Pub Date : 2021-05-31 DOI:10.1093/cs/cdab009

Tiffany M. Jones, Anne Williford, M. Spencer, N. Riggs, Rebecca Toll, M. George, Kaylee Becker, Samantha Bruick

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Abstract

Abstract School disengagement is a critical factor that will likely exacerbate long-standing racial inequities in educational outcomes during the aftermath of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Due to their training and contact with at-risk students, school social workers and other school-based mental health professionals (SMHP) are in an ideal position to understand the impact of COVID-19 and virtual learning on K–12 students. To that end, this study reports on findings from a survey of SMHP about the differential impact that the COVID-19 outbreak is having on students and their families. The findings suggest that COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on families overall, especially among populations who were experiencing hardships before the current outbreak. In addition, several barriers were noted for student learning, with many students—particularly students of color—completely disengaging from school during spring 2020. However, SMHP reported several important insights on how to support students and their families—some requiring immediate action on the part of school districts and others requiring greater community-level investment into the economic, social, emotional, and overall health of families. Findings are discussed in light of addressing disengagement and educational inequities for students of color.

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学校心理健康提供者对新冠肺炎对种族不平等和学校脱离接触影响的看法

摘要在冠状病毒病（新冠肺炎）大流行之后，学校脱离接触是一个关键因素，可能会加剧教育结果中长期存在的种族不平等。由于学校社会工作者和其他以学校为基础的心理健康专业人员（SMHP）接受了培训并与有风险的学生接触，他们处于了解新冠肺炎和虚拟学习对K-12学生影响的理想位置。为此，本研究报告了SMHP关于新冠肺炎疫情对学生及其家人的不同影响的调查结果。研究结果表明，新冠肺炎对家庭产生了巨大影响，尤其是在当前疫情爆发前正经历苦难的人群中。此外，学生学习也存在一些障碍，许多学生——尤其是有色人种学生——在2020年春季完全脱离了学校。然而，SMHP报告了一些关于如何支持学生及其家庭的重要见解，其中一些需要学区立即采取行动，另一些则需要社区层面对家庭的经济、社会、情感和整体健康进行更多投资。研究结果是根据解决有色人种学生的脱离接触和教育不平等问题进行讨论的。

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Children & Schools SOCIAL WORK-

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3.50

自引率

10.00%

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期刊介绍： Children & Schools publishes professional materials relevant to social work services for children. The journal publishes articles on innovations in practice, interdisciplinary efforts, research, program evaluation, policy, and planning. Topics include student-authority relationships, multiculturalism, early intervention, needs assessment, violence, and ADHD. Children & Schools is a practitioner-to-practitioner resource.