There is growing concern internationally about the prevalence of mental health problems among school-aged children and their access to specialist services. School psychologists (SPs) may be one group of professionals well-positioned to support the well-being of children and young people, due to their position as applied psychologists working…

Describes a project with Native American tribes in Louisiana which trains paraprofessionals to provide minimal mental health services for their own people and to gain access to various state agencies. The project was viewed as successful by the trainees and an outside evaluator. (JAC)

The historical evolution of NIMH manpower and training policy is set forth as the framework for examining recent changes in the psychology education programs of the Institute. The new and exclusive emphasis on priority-focused training as a basic condition for NIMH support in the future is described with special reference to training in the child…