Background Increasing rates of mental health problems among adolescents are of concern.
Teens who are most in need of mental health attention are reluctant to seek help. A better …

Objective Given problems and disparities in the use of community-based mental health
services for youth, school personnel have assumed frontline mental health service roles. To …

Schools, like other service sectors, are confronted with an implementation gap, with the slow
adoption and uneven implementation of evidence-based practices (EBP) as part of routine …

There is substantial research evidence for the effectiveness of school mental health
strategies across problem areas, developmental levels, and the prevention-intervention …

Social development is one of the most critical developmental areas for human beings.
Deficits in social skills may negatively impact several essential domains including academic …

Background Peer mediated intervention (PMI) is a promising practice used to increase
social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). PMIs engage typically …

Background A substantial literature has established the role of the inner organizational
setting on the implementation of evidence-based practices in community contexts, but very …

Implementation strategies are methods or techniques used to enhance the adoption,
implementation, and sustainment of a new program or practice. Recent studies have …

Autistic transition age youth struggle with obtaining employment, and interviewing is a
critical barrier to getting a job. We adapted an efficacious virtual reality job interview …

Educational researchers have produced a variety of evidence-based practices (EBP) to
address social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) needs among students. Yet, these …