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Next Steps: Advancing Culturally Competent School Mental Health

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Chapter 19 of this Handbook offers some concluding thoughts. The first part of this chapter presents an overview of critical themes and advancements evident in each of the Handbook’s major sections (i.e., research, innovation, and specific problems). This section is followed by a discussion of key outstanding issues relevant to culturally competent school mental health (SMH). The chapter concludes with recommendations for next steps and guidelines about how to formulate a call to action for the provision of culturally responsive SMH.

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  1. Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA, USA

    Zewelanji N. Serpell

  2. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

    Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers

  3. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

    Mark D. Weist

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  1. Graduate School of Education, Dept. Educational Psychology, Rutgers University, Seminary Place 10, New Brunswick, 08901, New Jersey, USA

    Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers

  2. , Department of Psychology, Virginia State University, Hayden Drive 1, Petersburg, 23806, USA

    Zewelanji N. Serpell

  3. , Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Pendleton Street 1512, Columbia, 29208, South Carolina, USA

    Mark D. Weist

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Serpell, Z.N., Clauss-Ehlers, C.S., Weist, M.D. (2013). Next Steps: Advancing Culturally Competent School Mental Health. In: Clauss-Ehlers, C., Serpell, Z., Weist, M. (eds) Handbook of Culturally Responsive School Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4948-5_19

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