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School-based service utilization among urban children with early onset educational and mental health problems: The squeaky wheel phenomenon.

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Although elementary schools provide an opportunity for early identification and treatment of academic and psychological problems, relatively little is known about the types of symptoms being addressed in schools. Latent profile analysis on data from 678 urban first graders yielded 3 classes of children: nonsymptomatic (NS), internalizers and average performers (IAP), and externalizers and low performers (ELP), with different combinations of symptoms. Survival analyses conducted on the children's use of services (in Grades 1-9) indicated that students in the ELP class received mental health and special education services faster than those in the NS class, whereas IAP children were no more likely than NS children to receive services. Findings suggest that staff may be more sensitive to early educational and externalizing problems.

Source: School Psychology Quarterly

DOI: 10.1037/1045-3830.23.2.169

Authors: Catherine P. Bradshaw, Jacquelyn A. Buckley, Nicholas S. Ialongo

Institution: Johns Hopkins University

Language: English

Topic: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Mental Health