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Teachers as Promoters of Student Social and
Emotional Health
Carl E. Paternite, Center for School-Based Mental
Health Programs (Miami University) Bob Burke,
Department of Elementary Education (Ball State
University) James Koller, Center for the
Advancement of Mental Health Practices in the
Schools (University of Missouri-Columbia) Ed
Morris, Children Services (Missouri Department of
Mental Health) PreConvo Clinic Presented at the
Kappa Delta Pi 44th Biennial Convocation St.
Louis, Missouri November 13th, 2003
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Teachers as Promoters of Student Social and
Emotional Health

• Instructional Themes For Clinic
• Child and adolescent mental health in the U.S.
• Preparation of teachers to address mental health
  issues
• Critical role of teachers in promoting student
  mental health
• Relationship between student mental health and
  school success
• Strategies and tools for focusing teacher
  attention on student mental health