全国心理健康和福祉需求评估调查

AnAssociation of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS)commissioned whitepaper from Hanover Research July 2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................3Methodology.......................................................................................................................................................................................3KEY FINDINGS......................................................................................................................................................4SECTION I: OVERALL MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING.........................................................7Overall Mental State.......................................................................................................................................................................7Sources of Stress and Anxiety.....................................................................................................................................................8SECTION II: STUDENT EXPERIENCES..................................................................................................11Influence of The Pandemic.........................................................................................................................................................11Seeking Support..............................................................................................................................................................................14Perceived Mental Health Support..........................................................................................................................................16Mental Education...........................................................................................................................................................................18School-Provided Services...........................................................................................................................................................19SECTION III: ADDRESSING THE NEEDS..............................................................................................24Beneficial Resources....................................................................................................................................................................24Teacher Confidence......................................................................................................................................................................30 INTRODUCTION The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) continues to identify a need toaddress students’ social, emotional, mental health, and overall wellness needs particularly with relation tothe pandemic’s impact.ALAS has recognized the necessity to granularly break down students’ self-reportedneedsfor ALAS tosupport its members and affiliates in determining how best to allocate and leverageavailable resources, funding, and services toassiststudents, especiallyHispanic/Latino studentsacross thecountry.Notably, ALAS has observed a nationwide challenge among districts, administrators, and other K12education decision-makersto address and treat thesymptoms of students’ social-emotional and wellnessneeds,overamethodicalexaminationofunderlying root causes. To support a greater understandingofstudents’ needs across a variety of mental health and wellnesscompetencies or constructs, ALAS has partnered with Hanover Research (Hanover) to design, administer,and analyze the results of a nationwideNational Mental Health and Wellbeing Needs Assessment Survey.The survey solicited wellness self-perceptions and identified needs among secondary students throughoutthe country as well as the perceptions of parents and staff nationwide to examine how their perceptions ofstudent wellness compare. Thiswhitepapersummarizesthe results ofthesurvey andintends tosupportALAS in identifying potential root causes of student mental health and wellness needs across the country. METHODOLOGY In Spring 2022,with the goal of soliciting perceptions of student mental health and wellness,Hanoveradministered the National Mental Health and WellbeingNeeds AssessmentSurveyusing a panel to targetparents,students, teachers, and administrators across the country.In this whitepaper,Hanover analyzesatotal of 2,634 responsesfrom the aforementioned respondent groups.1E.1 tablebelow provides a summaryof thecharacteristics of respondents for this surveyby role and ethnicity (Hispanic/Latino andNon-Hispanic/Latino). Throughout this analysis, charts exclude “Not Applicable” or “I don’t know/No opinion” responses,therebyfocusing on respondent agreement, satisfaction, and other substantive results. Additionally, to facilitateinterpretation of results, the charts display survey items in order of highest overa