Safe Schools/Healthy Students initiative: Pinellas County, Florida

  1. Kathleen Hague Armstrong1,*,
  2. Oliver T. Massey1,
  3. Michael Boroughs1,
  4. Ralph Bailey2,
  5. Diane LaJoie2

Article first published online: 1 AUG 2003

DOI: 10.1002/pits.10105

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Psychology in the Schools

Psychology in the Schools

Volume 40, Issue 5, pages 489–501, September 2003

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Armstrong, K. H., Massey, O. T., Boroughs, M., Bailey, R. and LaJoie, D. (2003), Safe Schools/Healthy Students initiative: Pinellas County, Florida. Psychology in the Schools, 40: 489–501. doi: 10.1002/pits.10105

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  1. 1

    University of South Florida

  2. 2

    Pinellas County Schools

*University of South Florida, Department of Child and Family Studies, 13301 N. Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612–3807. E-mail: karmstrong@fmhi.usf.edu

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  1. Issue published online: 1 AUG 2003
  2. Article first published online: 1 AUG 2003

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Abstract

The Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative in Pinellas County, FL, emerged as a part of a broader local effort to implement creative educational and mental health programs to support children and families. This initiative focused on capacity building, prevention, and intervention efforts and comprehensive evaluation to address the barriers to learning and enhance healthy development. This article describes Pinellas County's plan, and highlights the instrumental roles played by school psychologists, which included grant writing, program and resource coordination, clinical services, program evaluation, staff training, parent advocacy, and steering committee membership. Promising outcomes and generalization of these findings to other communities is also discussed. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 40: 489–501, 2003.

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