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Research Question: 

What can the education system implement into their curriculum to educate students on mental health?

My thesis will focus primarily on New York’s Education system, and take data from Rochester based school districts. 

My research will see what resources if any, schools have in place for their students to use when it comes to their mental health. I will include focus areas on; what is required by New York State’s Board of Education when it comes to teaching about mental health, when schools implement these requirements into their curriculum and where/how they go about it, see how access to resources, funding, and location of the school affects how they tackle this problem and ways the state can improve this.

I will take data from the school district on what students think of what the school is doing by surveying classes in multiple schools about the topic of mental health and see the baseline of what they know, what the school has taught them, and if the school itself helps them in a way they feel is adequate.

The point of my research-based thesis is to find ways to improve the curriculum on mental health in secondary education based upon research in psychology, and medical-based facts.

Sources:

1. Board of Education, New York State. “Mental Health Education Literacy In Schools: LINKING TO A CONTINUUM OF WELL-BEING,” July 2018, 1–78. http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/programs/curriculum-instruction/educationliteracyinschoolsfinal.11.2018.pdf.

2. Reinke, Wendy M., Melissa Stormont, Keith C. Herman, Rohini Puri, and Nidhi Goel. 2011. "Supporting Children's Mental Health in Schools: Teacher Perceptions of Needs, Roles, and Barriers." School Psychology Quarterly 26 (1): 1. https://ezproxy.rit.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/862146515?accountid=108.

3. Atkins, Marc S., Kimberly E. Hoagwood, Krista Kutash, and Edward Seidman. 2010. "Toward the Integration of Education and Mental Health in Schools." Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research37 (1-2): 40-47. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10488-010-0299-7. https://ezproxy.rit.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/742995414?accountid=108.
4. Specht, Jacqueline A. 2013. "Mental Health in Schools: Lessons Learned from Exclusion." Canadian Journal of School Psychology 28 (1): 43-55. https://ezproxy.rit.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1449795363?accountid=108.

Pinball Prologue

Over the intercession I read the rest of the sources on my "to-read" list, tagging pages and taking notes. Between intercession and week 3, I had discussions with my primary and secondary advisors before submitting the first pages of my rough draft. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the meeting I scheduled with my primary advisor turned into a phone conversation instead, but it was very productive in organizing the outline and eliminating unnecessary content. Since submitting my rough draft I have received feedback from two of my peers that highlighted some of the weak points in my introductory paragraphs and literature review. Their suggestions helped provide direction on where to go next and what to elaborate on. I have also received feedback from my primary advisor to refine the outline even further. The more progress I make, the more manageable the thesis becomes.

This week I had another meeting with my primary advisor to discuss the rough draft, but it had to be rescheduled due to a rare snow day that cancelled on-campus activities. So I will be meeting her at noon tomorrow instead to discuss the changes I have made to the draft (since incorporating the comments and suggestions from her and my student peers, Samuel Pike and Jenna Bossert.)

Next, I will be contacting my secondary advisor to refine the parameters of my scope. The initial proposal's scope was originally 1930 to present day. The revised proposal was reduced to 1970-1989, but this is still rather arbitrary. I would like to focus on more modern machines, where many other historians have left off. I will examine the social landscape of America and important moments in pinball to better define start and end points.