Rural Schools

Rural schools serve a critical role in overcoming access barriers to mental and behavioral health supports but may struggle to effectively implement evidence-based services. As a leading research partner in the National Center for Rural School Mental Health, our rural school projects focus on building evidence for interventions delivered in rural schools and building rural school capacity to identify, prevent, and intervene on student mental health problems. This has also included adaptation of models like Coping Power and Double Check for rural settings.

Publications:

• Nguyen, A. J., McDaniel, H., Braun, S. S., Chen, L., & Bradshaw, C. P. (2021). Contextualizing the association between schoolclimate and student well-being: The moderating role of rurality. Journal of School Health, https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13026
• Nguyen, A.J., Henderson, L., Beahm, L., Bradshaw, C.P. (2021). Making hard work count: Building rural schools that meet students’ mental and behavioral health needs to address rural achievement gaps. In CV Meyers & MJ Darwin (Eds.) Rural School Turnaround and Reform: It’s Hard Work! Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Select Presentations:

• Nguyen, A. J., Bradshaw, C. P., & Reinke, W. (October 2020). Demonstration of the Early Identification System: an online tool for data-drivenmental and behavioral health service decisions. Oral presentation at the 25th Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health, Virtual. Available at: https://youtu.be/_fkt41t-kS8
• Nguyen, A. J., Michael, K., & Bradshaw, C. P. (October 2020). Coping Power –Rural: A tiered adaptation to prevent mental health problems. Oral presentation at the 25th Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health, Virtual. https://youtu.be/pwmnaR1Sd9I

Translation of Research for Practitioners:

• https://www.infoagepub.com/products/Rural-School-Turnaround-and-Reform
• https://www.modernhealthcare.com/opinion-editorial/addressing-mental-hea...
• https://www.the74million.org/article/bradshaw-nguyen-how-schools-can-hel...
• Why Rural Youth Deserve Our Investment in Mental Health Supports
• Research briefs available at https://www.pbismaryland.org/resources/research-briefs