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The Connection Between Out-of-School Time Programs and School Mental Health

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School mental health (SMH) systems focus on addressing barriers to student learning while simultaneously promoting healthy development. Out-of-school (OST) programs, which include after-school, summer, and weekend programs that occur outside of the hours of the traditional school day, are viable mechanisms to support and extend the work of SMH systems. Over six million youth participate in OST programs each year (National Institute on Out-of-School Time 2009). The purpose of this chapter is to highlight specific ways in which OST programs support SMH priorities, including promoting positive youth development and engaging parents/families. In addition, the value of OST programs for academic learning and child well-being is examined from the parent/guardian perspective through data collected in Ohio. Implications for SMH providers, particularly as they consider developing partnerships and maximizing the contributions of OST programs to support SMH priorities, also are shared.

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    1 Please note that the term parent used throughout this section, and other parts of the chapter, is broadly defined to also include caregivers in a child’s life.

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  1. College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, 123 DeSaussure, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    Aidyn L. Iachini

  2. Department of Social Work, Ohio State University, 1947 College Road 211 Stillman Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

    Dawn Anderson-Butcher

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    Mark D. Weist

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    Nancy A. Lever

  3. Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Catherine P. Bradshaw

  4. Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA

    Julie Sarno Owens

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Iachini, A.L., Anderson-Butcher, D. (2014). The Connection Between Out-of-School Time Programs and School Mental Health. In: Weist, M., Lever, N., Bradshaw, C., Owens, J. (eds) Handbook of School Mental Health. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7624-5_12

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