Presenter(s)
Sada Stanley, Ariana Huntington, Erin Janiszewski, Syndey Graf, Josie Becker, Bailey Ripley, Dana Jones, Mallory Arndt, Gabby Rinowski, Luke Garner, and Hailey Schliep
Abstract
The School District of Arcadia is lacking mental health resources due to budget cuts from state and federal levels. Mental health needs have become a rising concern in recent years. With that, the guidance counselors, who traditionally supported students' emotional regulation and behavioral needs, became increasingly occupied with Academic and Career Planning requirements, leaving them with limited time to address students' mental health needs. To help address this need, Winona State University nursing students partnered with the district's guidance counselors to develop supplemental emotional management and decision-making skills-building videos that counselors could use during busy periods to support students' coping skills and emotional awareness. The WSU nursing students made recorded video presentations breaking down Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills in Schools Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT-STEPS-A). The videos are intended to increase the students' knowledge of these emotional problem-solving strategies through guided exposure and skill demonstration. The data is currently being processed from the pre- and post-test surveys to assess students' knowledge of the skills before and after watching the videos. In the future, recommended opportunities for Arcadia High School students include the application of skills in a safe setting, such as a classroom, filling out topic-related worksheets, talking through real-life examples, or creating a written outline to implement in challenging situations. These efforts would continue to support the ever-needed services of emotional management and decision-making in adolescents.
College
College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Department
Nursing - Undergraduate
Campus
Winona
First Advisor/Mentor
Ann Boberg
Location
Kryzsko Great River Ballroom, Winona, Minnesota; United States
Start Date
4-23-2026 9:00 AM
End Date
4-23-2026 10:00 AM
Presentation Type
Poster Session
Format of Presentation or Performance
In-Person
Session
1a=9am-10am
Poster Number
3
A Collaborative Approach to Strengthening Behavioral Strategies to the Arcadia School District
Kryzsko Great River Ballroom, Winona, Minnesota; United States
The School District of Arcadia is lacking mental health resources due to budget cuts from state and federal levels. Mental health needs have become a rising concern in recent years. With that, the guidance counselors, who traditionally supported students' emotional regulation and behavioral needs, became increasingly occupied with Academic and Career Planning requirements, leaving them with limited time to address students' mental health needs. To help address this need, Winona State University nursing students partnered with the district's guidance counselors to develop supplemental emotional management and decision-making skills-building videos that counselors could use during busy periods to support students' coping skills and emotional awareness. The WSU nursing students made recorded video presentations breaking down Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills in Schools Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT-STEPS-A). The videos are intended to increase the students' knowledge of these emotional problem-solving strategies through guided exposure and skill demonstration. The data is currently being processed from the pre- and post-test surveys to assess students' knowledge of the skills before and after watching the videos. In the future, recommended opportunities for Arcadia High School students include the application of skills in a safe setting, such as a classroom, filling out topic-related worksheets, talking through real-life examples, or creating a written outline to implement in challenging situations. These efforts would continue to support the ever-needed services of emotional management and decision-making in adolescents.
