AVAILABILITY AND PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND APPROACHES TO ADDRESS TRAUMA-RELATED OUTCOMES IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN

<p>Twelve administrators at Michigan Upper Peninsula (U.P.) high schools participated in 12 separate structured interviews to identify programs, services, and approaches to address trauma-related outcomes. Participants were three U.P. superintendents, eight principals, and one Intermediate School District (ISD) social worker who described a convergence of factors affecting assessment measures of programs, services, and approaches to address student trauma-related outcomes in U.P. high schools. The interviews addressed the identification of programs, services, and approaches to address trauma-related outcomes at U.P. high schools and the assessment measures in use to evaluate available programs, services, and approaches. A systems theory approach and understanding of trauma-informed schools were used to ground interpretation of the results. Data analysis was conducted utilizing mixed-methods. Key findings of the research clarified extent of use of program assessment methods to measure trauma-related program effectiveness and quality, identified goal outcomes of trauma-related programs, services, and approaches to include student attendance, wellness, and GPA, and determined perceived extent to which mission statements were inclusive to address student trauma-related programs, services, and approaches in U.P. high schools.</p> <p>A product of the research included a compilation of programs, services, and approaches in use at U.P. high schools to address trauma-related outcomes in students (see Appendix A).</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education, Leadership and Public Service

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• VanEnkevort, Jaime

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Judith Puncochar

• trauma-informed approach
• trauma-informed schooling
• Upper Peninsula
• Michigan
• assessment measures
• trauma-related outcomes
• high schools
• rural education
• education
• Accessibility
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Curriculum and Social Inquiry
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/647

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1686