Tasha M Childs

Biographic Data

ID6246334
NAMETasha M Childs
GIVEN NAMESTasha M
FAMILY NAMEChilds
SIGNATURECHILDS T M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of South Carolina
ORCID0000-0001-7121-0273
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Evaluation of the Rural Interprofessional Behavioral Health Scholars Program to Expand Public Health Workforce Capacity During Covid-19

    Aidyn L Iachini, Tasha M Childs et al.ARTICLESocial Work in Public Health2024

    Mental health and substance use are growing nationwide public health concerns being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, there is a dire shortage in the public health workforce. This paper shares the design and mixed-method outcome evaluation of a Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET)-funded rural, interprofessional, behavioral health training program (RIBHS) delivered during COVID-19 at one southeastern US…

  • Embedding social emotional learning from the bottom up in multi‐tiered services and supports frameworks

    Open AccessJessie D Guest, Robbie A Ross et al.ARTICLEPsychology in the Schools2024

    Student mental health needs continue to rise across the United States and many students and families rely on schools to provide services to meet these needs. Yet, an overwhelming number of available frameworks and approaches to school mental health (SMH) and overlapping terminology surrounding SMH supports like trauma‐informed (TI) approaches, social and emotional learning (SEL), and others can lead to confusion and potentially less effective imp…

  • Different ways to broker

    Benjamin J Roth, Leticia Villarreal Sosa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnic & Cultural…2024References: 8

    This study uses quantitative methods to explore the role of school social workers (SSWs) in promoting education equity for immigrant students. We focus on how SSWs act as resource brokers, connecting immigrant students to valuable resources both in schools and the wider community. Our analysis is based on data from a national survey of SSWs (N = 324). Through regression and multivariate analyses we find that a significant number of SSWs actively …

  • School social workers’ experiences delivering mental health supports amid Covid-19 school reopening

    Open AccessTasha M Childs, Aidyn L IachiniARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2024References: 28

  • The use of illustrations to explore social work students’ perceptions of interprofessional teams

    Aidyn L Iachini, Tasha M Childs et al.ARTICLESocial Work Education2023

    Social workers often practice within interprofessional teams, yet few research studies have examined social work students’ perceptions of their role on these teams using a visual methodology such as illustrations and illustration descriptions. This qualitative study aimed to understand 1) What are social work students’ perceptions of their role on interprofessional teams? 2) What are social work students’ perceptions of the different members invo…

  • The Community Collaboration Model for School Improvement

    Open AccessDawn Anderson‐butcher, Samantha Bates et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2022

    Schools worldwide are developing innovative models in response to, and in anticipation of, societal changes. Aiming to address non-academic barriers to learning, while capitalizing on out-of-school time, some school and community leaders have prioritized family and community partnerships, especially in the United States (U.S.). The Community Collaboration Model (CCM) is one such U.S. partnership-oriented model of expanded school improvement. In c…

  • A Mixed Method Study of Teachers' Appraisals of Student Wellness Services and Supports During Covid‐19

    Open AccessTasha M Childs, Elizabeth Levine Brown et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2022

    BACKGROUND: Understanding teachers' appraisals of student wellness services and supports during COVID-19 is essential to strengthening services and improving student health outcomes. This mixed-method study aimed to examine US PK-12 teachers' appraisals of student wellness services and supports during COVID-19. METHODS: This study focuses on qualitative data from 291 teachers' open-ended responses to the question: "What do you wish your school le…

  • Teacher bias matters

    Tasha M Childs, Nikki R WootenARTICLERace Ethnicity and Education2022Cited by: 5References: 18

    This integrative review examined correlates, mechanisms, and consequences of teacher bias experienced in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in primary and secondary schools in the United States. Education Resource and Information Center, Sociological Abstracts, and Applied Social Science Index & Abstracts were searched to identify peer-reviewed articles published in English from 2000–2020. Thirty-one articles were included. The majority (65%)…