Introduction Childhood has always been a vulnerable developmental period. Throughout history, children have faced war, tragic accidents, famine, murder, sexual assault, epidemics, abuse and neglect. Even in our modern era of evidence-based research and practices, we have not come close…

Introduction This on-line course provides an overview of common children's mental health disorders, along with suggestions for interventions that can be used in classroom settings. The content of this course has been derived from The Educator's Guide to Children's Mental…

Research and trends within the last 20-30 years are reviewed along with suicide statistics, suicide warning signs and risk factors, and evidence-based approaches to suicide prevention. Introduction Much of the material in this section of the Suicide Prevention course comes…

Introduction Stress in schools in the United States is high. In urban areas, the detrimental effects of poverty can cause high school drop-out rates to approach and even exceed 50%. The pressure to increase test scores affects teachers and children…