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Impact of a School-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program on Student Mental Health and Academic Outcomes: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial

April 15, 2026

Robin Tepper Jacob, Catherine Asher, Chihiro Tanigawa, Milagros Chocce, Megan Jagolinzer, Shawna N. Smith, Sara Moss-Pech, Emily L. Bilek, Maureen Smith, Tyler C. Hein, Natalie Rodriguez-Quintana, Triana Kazaleh Sirdenis, Katja Robinson, Mario Mercado-Diaz, Elizabeth Koschmann

Accessible text version of reportInfographicThis study took place in a large urban school district located in the Midwest. The district serves nearly 50,000 students across over one hundred schools. Its student population is diverse, with a majority ...

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Michigan Project AWARE Final Grant Report 2020-2025

November 11, 2025

Milagros Chocce, Catherine Asher, Robin Tepper Jacob

Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) is a five-year grant program funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support collaborative partnerships between state and local educational age...

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Federal funding supports critical education research at the University of Michigan

March 18, 2025

Brian Jacob, Robin Tepper Jacob

This brief provides examples of federally funded research projects led by Education Policy Initiative and Youth Policy Lab-affiliated faculty. This research spans the full educational pipeline—from preschool to career—and has helped improve learning ...

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Impact Evaluation of TRAILS Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum in Michigan

March 4, 2025

Katja Robinson, Robin Tepper Jacob

Transforming Research Into Action to Improve the Lives of Students (TRAILS) is a school-based program designed to help improve social and emotional learning (SEL) skills, student well-being, and mental health. The TRAILS program intends to empower t...

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TRAILS Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Curriculum Implementation

April 13, 2023

Anna Erickson, Katja Robinson, Robin Tepper Jacob

Since 2013, the TRAILS (Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students) program has delivered training, resources, and implementation support to schools and districts to provide evidence-based mental health programming for student...

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School Mental Health in Detroit Public Schools Community District

October 15, 2021

The DPSCD School Mental Health Needs Assessment was conducted with two overarching aims: 1) to more fully understand student mental health and related factors within the DPSCD community; and 2) to inform professional development (PD) opportunities fo...

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