Preventing the School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Public Health Approach for School Psychologists, Counselors, and Social Workers

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Preventing the School-to-Prison Pipeline is the first book written to provide school psychologists and other K-12 mental health professionals with knowledge and strategies intended to help them disrupt the criminalization of historically oppressed learners in today’s classrooms. A phenomenon of the United States’ intersecting education and criminal justice systems, the school-to-prison pipeline is the process by which school staff punish already marginalized or at-risk students—primarily Black youth—in ways that enable a lifetime of targeting by police, court, and carceral operations. Exploring the unmet needs of students with mental, emotional, and behavioral health disorders, the effects of implicit and explicit bias, adverse school and court policies, and other biopsychosocial factors, this powerful book offers a preventative, public-health approach to providing clinical care to vulnerable students without compromising school safety. School psychologists, counselors, and social workers will come away with urgent and actionable insights into advocacy, collaboration, preventive interventions, alternative discipline measures in schools, and more. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgements Section I The School-to-Prison Pipeline 1 Funneling Children Into the Prison Industrial Complex History of the School-to-Prison Pipeline Schools and Juvenile Courts—A Precarious Alliance Rehabilitation, Prevention, and Mental Health Promotion Disproportionate Impact on African American Youth 2 The Prison Industrial Complex Iatrogenic—A Cure That Makes Problems Worse Changing the Dysfunctional Narrative Court-Level Practices The Costs and Consequences of Incarceration Section II How Adverse Practices “Fuel” the Pipeline 3 Adverse School-Level Practices Declining School Funding Funding Equity Racism and Resegregation of Schools by Race and Class Zero Tolerance Disciplinary Policies Increased Utilization and Federal Funding of Police Officers in Schools 4 Unmet Needs of Youth With Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health Disorders Mental Health in the United States Prevalence of Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health Disorders in Youth Trauma Unmet Needs of Youth with MEB Disorders Striking Disparities and Greater Disability Burden on African Americans Very Young Children 5 Explicit and Implicit Bias—Threats to the Fabric of Ethical Practice Prejudice, Discrimination, and Explicit and Implicit Bias Why Does Implicit Bias Matter? Implicit Bias and Educators/Teachers Implicit Bias and Mental Health Providers Section III Transformative Practices 6 The Biopsychosocial Approach to Behavioral Healthcare The Biopsychosocial Model: A Novel Approach to Behavioral Health Care Biopsychosocial versus Traditional Approaches Behavioral Health Care Assessment Behavioral Health Care Assessment and the DSM-5 7 The Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare Assessment for Children and Adolescents Section IV Prevention: A Moral and Ethical Imperative 8 The Promise of Prevention Prevention Psychology Prevention and the Public Health Model Risks and Protective Factors Multiple Factors Contribute to the Development of MEB Disorders Proactive Screening of Behaviorally At-Risk Children The Preventive Aspect of the Biopsychosocial Approach Prevention Requires a Paradigm Shift 9 The Public School—The Front Line of Prevention Every Student Succeeds Act Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Overlap Between SWPBIS and the Public Health’s View of Prevention Collaboration SWPBIS, Collaboration, and Schools 10 What Should School-Based Mental Health Professionals Know? Mental Health Providers in the School Setting SWPBIS, School Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers Effective School–Community Partnership to Support School Mental Health Equity-focused SWPBIS Reduces Racial Inequalities in School Discipline ESSA, SWPBIS, NASP Practice Model, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline Section V Mapping an Agenda for the Future of All Youth 11 Mapping an Agenda for the Future of All Youth by Applying Psychology to Fundamental Problems Index