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What Happens When Training Goes Virtual? Adapting Training and Technical Assistance for the School Mental Health Workforce in Response to COVID-19

The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) provides workforce training and technical assistance (TA) to support evidence-based school mental health practices. Historically, this support targeted school professionals through in-person and online trainings, workshops, and coaching....

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Autores principales: Olson, Jonathan R., Lucy, Megan, Kellogg, Marianne A., Schmitz, Kelcey, Berntson, Taylor, Stuber, Jennifer, Bruns, Eric J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7781169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33425042
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12310-020-09401-x
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author Olson, Jonathan R.
Lucy, Megan
Kellogg, Marianne A.
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Berntson, Taylor
Stuber, Jennifer
Bruns, Eric J.
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description The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) provides workforce training and technical assistance (TA) to support evidence-based school mental health practices. Historically, this support targeted school professionals through in-person and online trainings, workshops, and coaching. However, in response to COVID-19 restrictions, all support moved to online formats, and the Center introduced trainings for families and caregivers. The purpose of this article is to present preliminary process and outcome data that compare the reach and impact of support before and following COVID-19-related restrictions. Results suggest that transition to online support resulted in a wider reach and a more diverse audience, with no decrease in trainee satisfaction and perceived impact. Furthermore, families and caregivers reported positive gains in knowledge and behaviors following participation in a virtual youth suicide prevention training. Together, these findings suggest that online training and TA can provide tangible benefits to professionals and family members who support student mental health.
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spelling pubmed-77811692021-01-05 What Happens When Training Goes Virtual? Adapting Training and Technical Assistance for the School Mental Health Workforce in Response to COVID-19 Olson, Jonathan R. Lucy, Megan Kellogg, Marianne A. Schmitz, Kelcey Berntson, Taylor Stuber, Jennifer Bruns, Eric J. School Ment Health Original Paper The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) provides workforce training and technical assistance (TA) to support evidence-based school mental health practices. Historically, this support targeted school professionals through in-person and online trainings, workshops, and coaching. However, in response to COVID-19 restrictions, all support moved to online formats, and the Center introduced trainings for families and caregivers. The purpose of this article is to present preliminary process and outcome data that compare the reach and impact of support before and following COVID-19-related restrictions. Results suggest that transition to online support resulted in a wider reach and a more diverse audience, with no decrease in trainee satisfaction and perceived impact. Furthermore, families and caregivers reported positive gains in knowledge and behaviors following participation in a virtual youth suicide prevention training. Together, these findings suggest that online training and TA can provide tangible benefits to professionals and family members who support student mental health. Springer US 2021-01-04 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7781169/ /pubmed/33425042 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12310-020-09401-x Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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What Happens When Training Goes Virtual? Adapting Training and Technical Assistance for the School Mental Health Workforce in Response to COVID-19
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title_sort what happens when training goes virtual? adapting training and technical assistance for the school mental health workforce in response to covid-19
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7781169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33425042
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12310-020-09401-x
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