Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is a training program designed to help adults working with children and adolescents identify and respond to youth who are experiencing mental health problems or are in crisis. YMHFA is being implemented in a number of educational, child welfare, and juvenile justice settings across the country with little…

This article describes a community assessment process designed to evaluate a specific child welfare jurisdiction based on the current definition of trauma-informed child welfare and its essential elements. This process has recently been developed and pilot tested within three diverse child welfare systems in the United States. The purpose of the…

The state of Connecticut detained 1,444 children and youth and committed approximately 270 to the Department of Children and Families for out of home placement in the 2007-2008 calendar year. A significant number of children and youth have special education needs that are often unidentified by home school districts. State and federal law mandate…

This paper describes the Children's Diagnostic Center, an innovative model project at Hampton University in Virginia. The center was established to provide high quality, multi-disciplinary evaluations of children thought to have conditions likely to interfere with normal development; to describe resources and services available to parents to…

This paper discusses the need for early identification of children's character disorders, because by the time a character disorder becomes a serious problem in the home, school or community, the child is approaching adolescence and it is too late to treat it effectively. Thus the need for early identification in the school. Ten identifying…

This monograph, the product of a symposium about the provision of services to children of alcoholics, contains chapters concentrating on identification, intervention, treatment, and prevention. These concepts are delineated in terms of the needs of children of alcoholics, with a particular emphasis on barriers that inhibit the therapy process and…

This report summarizes the discussions at a workshop convened by the Forum on Adolescence of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families. The goal of the workshop was to provide an opportunity to learn about the work and preliminary findings of 16 projects and to review the knowledge base on the effectiveness of interventions designed to promote…

These three booklets present information about selected aspects of the Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) program. A brief history of the development of the EPSDT program, a description of administrative structure at the national, state and local levels, and a description of the lifestyle typical of many EPSDT…

Describes a school-based, Afrocentric program that prepares African American males to use the educational opportunities available to them. Discusses the program's theoretical premises and offers a report on program effectiveness. Looks at cultural issues, methodology, program design, and outlines the importance of this type of program. (RJM)

This report summarizes research conducted by, or in collaboration with, the Division TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped CHildren) of the Department of Psychiatry in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill. The summaries contain bibliographic citations for published papers…

Socio-emotional education has been given very little attention in Finland, either on the general level or within specific subjects. To examine the empathy level of Helsinki students and the influence of an empathy campaign on the development of empathy, 665 students, aged 11 to 18, (49 percent female, 51 percent male) were exposed to an empathy…

Presents 11 articles devoted to the application of primary prevention tactics and strategies in elementary and secondary school systems. Describes specific programs and reviews research related to positive student development and the prevention of emotional and learning problems. Discusses the role of counselors, teachers, and other professional…