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Satisfaction Levels of Recipients and Providers of Children's Mental Health Services.
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Cappel, Lawrence W. – Journal of School Health, 1981
A study determined the levels of treatment satisfaction among community mental health services recipients and if perceptions of treatment satisfaction were the same for both the recipients and the providers. The recipients, mothers of children treated at the unit, were satisfied with the treatment, but the providers perceived their satisfaction as…
Descriptors: Accountability, Children, Community Health Services, Medical Care Evaluation
The Ecology of Outcomes: Successful Approaches to Building Outcome Accountability. Symposium.
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Hernandez, Mario; Hodges, Sharon; Rouse, Lawrence; Meadowcroft, Pamela – 1996
During a symposium, three presentations described initiatives that exemplify the principles and components of the Ecology of Outcomes. Emphasis is on accountability for achieving measurable outcomes and use of outcome information in program planning and development. Summaries of individual papers are: (1) "The Ecology of Outcomes: System…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children
The Children's Performance Outcome Measures: Results after Six Months.
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Massey, Tom; Kershaw, Mary Ann; Armstrong, Mary; Shepard, Jennifer; Wir, Liang – 1998
This report describes the implementation and first 6 months of data collection of the required performance outcome measures for children receiving mental health services in Florida, as required under Florida's 1994 Government Performance and Accountability Act. This summary is of data received from August 1996 to January 1997 and includes data for…
Descriptors: Accountability, At Risk Persons, Children, Compliance (Legal)
Building Outcome Accountability in Children's Mental Health: Interviews with Center for Mental Health Services Grantees.
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Hodges, Sharon; Hernandez, Mario – 1996
This paper summarizes results of telephone interviews with key personnel at 19 (out of 22) agencies receiving grants under the Center for Mental Health Services program, one part of a 5-year evaluation study examining the impact that utilizing measurable outcomes has on service systems. This component focused on the conceptualization and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, Agencies, Children
Making the System Work for Poor Children.
Weissbourd, Richard – Equity and Choice, 1992
Analyzes why the current complex of social institutions and systems does not effectively serve poor children, highlighting the lack of early or preventative help for families and inappropriate organizational structure. Offers a series of five principles for a new foundation based on prevention, comprehensiveness, continuity, and accountability.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Children
A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Proceedings of the Annual Research Conference (9th, Tampa, Florida, February 26-28, 1996).
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Liberton, Cindy, Ed.; Kutash, Krista, Ed.; Friedman, Robert M., Ed. – 1996
This proceedings document includes papers presented at a conference on children's mental health, systems of care, and research. Papers are grouped into 11 chapters which address the following topics: (1) program and system evaluations (nine papers); (2) managed care in children's mental health (six papers); (3) accountability and information…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children