Citation

Malti T, Noam GG. New Dir. Youth Dev. 2008; 2008(120): 13-29.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/yd.283

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The authors provide a selected review of mental health and educational concerns evident in U.S. middle schools and describes promising and important strategies to ameliorate the high rates of students with mental health and academic difficulties. Despite some promising and important strategies, service systems are fragmented, and comprehensive systems of supports are still in development. Furthermore, there remains a lack of integrated developmental considerations in practice. The RALLY approach systematically introduces development and caring adult relationships into preventive practice and combines mental health, education, and youth development to promote students' resiliency and academic potential.