Collaboration among School Mental Health Professionals: A Necessity, Not a Luxury.

Porter, Gayle; Epp, Lawrence; Bryant, Sharronne

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ERIC Number: EJ627611

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Collaboration among School Mental Health Professionals: A Necessity, Not a Luxury.

Porter, Gayle; Epp, Lawrence; Bryant, Sharronne

Professional School Counseling, v3 n5 p315-22 Jun 2000

Explores the development of school-based mental health services and demonstrates how mental health professionals who work in schools can collaborate to increase school safety through programs designed to effect positive mental health in school youth. Argues that school counselors are in a unique position to facilitate the collaborative process needed to ensure the provision of comprehensive, accessible mental health services. (Contains 32 references.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Counselor Role, Mental Health Programs, Partnerships in Education, School Counselors, School Psychologists, School Safety, Social Workers, Strategic Planning

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: "Collaborating for Safe Schools and Safe Communities." For related articles, see CG 557 030-039.