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With the increasing prominence of the children and adolescent mental health crisis after the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have been tasked with connecting students with supports to reduce non-academic barriers to learning. Student Assistance Programs (SAPs) can assist with this by connecting students and their families with school-based and community-based supports to prevent, intervene, and treat substance use and mental health problems. The current study examined school preparedness to implement a SAP, overall level of SAP implementation over time, and level of implementation of individual SAP components of the emerging Ohio model SAP. This was examined by school typology over a period of six months. Participants included 12 Ohio school representatives who attended Miami University’s School SUCCESS Conference for training on implementation of Ohio’s model SAP. The results of the study did not indicate a significant difference regarding schools' perceived preparedness to implement SAP; however, the results did suggest that overall SAP implementation increased over time, regardless of school typology. Additionally, the current study discussed several individual SAP components that all typologies could benefit from guidance and/or example resources on to assist with implementation. Finally, the study highlighted future research ideas that may help further inform knowledge relating to SAP implementation. |
