Exploring the Changes in Behavioral Health Clients Emotional Regulation Over Time
Start Date
April 2026
Location
3rd floor - Library
Abstract
In the American education system, students struggling with behavioral health challenges are often overlooked or dismissed due to a lack of adequate resources. As a result, these students frequently are removed from class, causing them to miss crucial educational information to help them learn and grow into responsible and sensible humans. While more schools have begun offering behavioral health services to support students beyond academics, there are still significant gaps in the services that would ensure every student receives the care that they need. The issue is further complicated for students of color, who face more disproportionate barriers to accessing behavioral and mental health services when they are in need. In a quantitative empirical study, (Wright et al., 2024) found that after engaging Black males, who attend one of three title one schools, into 10 counseling sessions, participants’ emotional and social behavior changed over time. This study goes to show how important it is for students to have access to these resources. This exploratory study examined how clients self-evaluated their ability to emotionally regulate themselves based off the skills they have learned while enrolled in behavioral health services. The goal is to explore the changes in Beech Acres behavioral health clients served at Xavier Jesuit Academy emotional regulation over time between August 2025 and March 2026 utilizing an existing measure called the Client Self Quality Monitoring survey. The data will be analyzed in SPSS to determine whether clients showed improvement in emotional regulation based on their self-reported answers to the measure. The purpose of this analysis is to assess whether this measure can be utilized to accurately determine client self-regulation assessment, or if a change needs to be made to accurately represent client progression in behavioral health services. It was found that there was clinical significance shown regarding clients changes in emotional regulation while in behavioral health services.
Exploring the Changes in Behavioral Health Clients Emotional Regulation Over Time
3rd floor - Library
In the American education system, students struggling with behavioral health challenges are often overlooked or dismissed due to a lack of adequate resources. As a result, these students frequently are removed from class, causing them to miss crucial educational information to help them learn and grow into responsible and sensible humans. While more schools have begun offering behavioral health services to support students beyond academics, there are still significant gaps in the services that would ensure every student receives the care that they need. The issue is further complicated for students of color, who face more disproportionate barriers to accessing behavioral and mental health services when they are in need. In a quantitative empirical study, (Wright et al., 2024) found that after engaging Black males, who attend one of three title one schools, into 10 counseling sessions, participants’ emotional and social behavior changed over time. This study goes to show how important it is for students to have access to these resources. This exploratory study examined how clients self-evaluated their ability to emotionally regulate themselves based off the skills they have learned while enrolled in behavioral health services. The goal is to explore the changes in Beech Acres behavioral health clients served at Xavier Jesuit Academy emotional regulation over time between August 2025 and March 2026 utilizing an existing measure called the Client Self Quality Monitoring survey. The data will be analyzed in SPSS to determine whether clients showed improvement in emotional regulation based on their self-reported answers to the measure. The purpose of this analysis is to assess whether this measure can be utilized to accurately determine client self-regulation assessment, or if a change needs to be made to accurately represent client progression in behavioral health services. It was found that there was clinical significance shown regarding clients changes in emotional regulation while in behavioral health services.
