Innovations in Practice: 'Go-to' Educator Training on the mental health competencies of educators in the secondary school setting: A program evaluation

Yifeng Wei; Stan Kutcher

doi:10.1111/camh.12056

Innovations in Practice: 'Go-to' Educator Training on the mental health competencies of educators in the secondary school setting: A program evaluation

Yifeng Wei, Stan Kutcher

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Educators can play an important role in early identification and triage of youth with mental disorders. This paper reports findings of a program evaluation of the 'Go-To' Educator Training in a secondary school setting. Methods: Pre- and posttests were administered. Results: Participant mean scores on mental health competencies changed from 12 (40%) (standard deviation [SD] = 4.3) pretraining to 21 (70%) (SD = 3.3) posttraining, t(119) = 25.6, p < .0001, d = 2.3. Participant attitude mean scores improved from 49.9 (SD = 4.6) pretraining, to 51.5 (SD = 4.2), t(115) = 4.3, p < .0001, d = 0.36. Conclusions: This training is a useful intervention to help educators identify youth with mental disorders and link them to appropriate services.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	219-222
Number of pages	4
Journal	Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12056
Publication status	Published - Sept 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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