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Puddy, Richard W.; Roberts, Michael C.; Vernberg, Eric M.; Hambrick, Erin P. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
Coordination of mental health services in children with serious emotional disturbance (SED) has shown a preliminary relationship to positive outcomes in children. Yet, research in this area is sparse. Therefore, the relation between service coordination activities and adaptive functioning was examined for 51 children SED who were treated in the…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health, Management Systems, Emotional Disturbances
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Roy, Kimberlee M.; Roberts, Michael C.; Vernberg, Eric M.; Randall, Camille J. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2008
We investigated the use of a popular measure, the Children and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS), in treatment outcome research. The sample included 70 children who had been discharged from an elementary therapeutic classroom (Intensive Mental Health Program). Significant relationships were found between decreases in CAFAS scores and…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Mental Health Programs, Validity, Measures (Individuals)
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Vernberg, Eric M.; Jacobs, Anne K.; Nyre, Joseph E.; Puddy, Richard W.; Roberts, Michael C. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2004
This article describes the development, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of a school-based Intensive Mental Health Program (IMHP) for 50 children (42 boys, 8 girls) with severe, early-onset, serious emotional disturbances (SED). Eighty-four percent of the children showed clinically significant improvement in overall functioning as…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Emotional Disturbances