Abstract
Mental health concerns are becoming more pressing in American culture. There is an increasing call for mental health issues to be prioritized in policy discussions involving need, strategy, and funding. Addressing the cultural stigma and various barriers surrounding treatment and support for mental health issues are concerns that have infiltrated our school system; these concerns have exerted increased pressure on educators to provide effective and efficient mental health support mechanisms. There is growing recognition and observation that improving students’ mental health will help to remove barriers or hinderances to learning and achievement. With the increased pressure schools already face regarding achievement mandates and evaluations, the implications stemming from mental health concerns in children extends easily into the education arena. As a result, schools present an unparalleled opportunity to not only provide access to mental health support, but to also provide the collaborative opportunities necessary for most effective frameworks. The purpose of the research in this study was to identify significantly and meaningfully how mental health support interventions impact and increase student learning. Appropriate inferential statistics further analyzed the subgroups of research participants in order to explain the effect of mental health supports on student learning growth.
Recommended Citation
Ersig, D., & Bynoe, T. (2025). The Impact of Mental Health Support on Academic Achievement. Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning, 17(2). CCBY.
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