Describes Youth Emergency Services (YES), an experimental project in Rochester, New York, which coordinates county agencies and resources to treat children and their families in mental crises. Several case vignettes illustrate the enhanced coordination which results from the YES system. (MM)

This issue presents an annotated bibliography of 413 international sources of information on refugee education. Subject areas include policy and legal aspects, social and cultural adjustment, psychological problems, health problems and programs, educational programs, language problems and programs, employment-oriented programs, and bibliographies…

This special issue on child care presents articles on children's health, day care, grandparents, father-child relationships, pregnancy after age 40, children's dental care, children's moral development, parties for children, children's fighting, fashions in children's clothes, sibling relationships, and health care programs for children. (BC)

Service-planning issues necessary for successful implementation of an indirect needs-assessment model to estimate geographical differences in the prevalence of needs for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services are discussed. The issues include selection of need categories as target groups, estimation model selection, and understanding…

The Seattle (Washington) Homeless Adolescent Research Project implemented Project Passage to provide individualized mental health services to homeless adolescents, involving assessment, linkage, advocacy, counseling, treatment teams, and crisis service. Participants evidenced lower levels of aggression and greater satisfaction with quality of life…

This reflection by the first author of Evans et al. (EC 609 934) on the efficacy of notetaking skills to improve behavior and comprehension of adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stresses the importance of integrating mental health and educational interventions and difficulties in translating results of applied research on…

Chapters included are (1) introduction; (2) mental health problems affecting Indian people; (3) impact of mental health problems on Indian communities; (4) the service delivery system; (5) treatment modalities; (6) mental health providers; (7) holding the system together; and (7) a model Indian mental health system. (KS)

Claims that, to attract minorities, university counseling centers must be committed to learning about and communicating in the "language" of different racial, religious, and cultural groups. Proactive steps include minority mentoring programs, consultation and outreach, minority-professional involvement, and alternative counseling…

Introduces and describes 12 peer-reviewed articles that were originally presented at the 21st Annual Teacher Educators for Children with Behavior Disorders conference in November 1997. The articles deal with the education and treatment of students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Discipline, placement, and prevention are addressed. (CR)

Describes three successful partnerships between the Colorado Department of Youth Corrections, two higher education institutions, and one private organization which provide education, mental health, and orientation services to incarcerated youth in Colorado. (Author)

Expanding social stress, changing school demographics, and decreasing community mental health services have expanded the range of services required of the school counselor. The list of necessary mental health skills and implications for counselor education are discussed. It is recommended that "guidance" counselors redefine themselves as "school…

A study examined the long-term (3 year) treatment outcomes of all adolescents (n=2,481) who received services in Vermont's statewide systems of care. Recipients of services had substantially elevated rates of incarceration and hospitalization but maternity rates in the treatment groups were not different from other young women. (Contains…

This paper examines expectations and stresses placed on sign language interpreters in mental health settings within a framework of demand and control theory. Translations of some specific psychological screening instruments and issues related to the Code of Ethics of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf are considered relative to…

Describes the first stage in Victoria, Australia's child and adolescent mental health services' (CAMHS) progress toward cultural proficiency in service delivery, focusing on research regarding services for adolescents age 12-18 years. Data from students, parents, and community agency workers provide information on families' adaptation to life in…

Data from the federal Center for Mental Health Services indicate that one in every 33 children and one in eight adolescents may be suffering from depression. Up to 70% of children with diagnosable mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders are not receiving mental health services, according to the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health.…