Multiphasic process model of interventions: Revisiting school-based mental health provider responses to student’s mental health in the wake of COVID-19.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new stressors, which have led to adjustment difficulties or exacerbation of existing mental health concerns for many students and their families. Yet, school closings and social distancing measures pose barriers to obtaining mental health care through school-based mental health providers. The present manuscript aims to address many of these barriers through a model entitled, “Multiphasic Process Model of Interventions.” This model illustrates stressors and interventions corresponding to distinct COVID-19 and school closures phases (i.e., early, acute, reentry, and postphases) and describes ways school-based mental health providers can respond to students’ mental health needs within each phase. The manuscript is organized in three sections by phase: Section A: Stressors youth and their families faced during each phase, Section B: Theory-driven interventions to address corresponding stressors, and Section C: Application of the proposed model using a real student client as an example. These model components are described in ways that would allow for generalizability across diverse educational settings and large-scale social issues requiring intervention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) © 2021 American Psychological Association