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Webb, Mary Bruce; Harden, Brenda Jones – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2003
This article examines federal, state, and local initiatives that have influenced child welfare policy and practice on a national scale, with particular emphasis on those policies that offer opportunities for better coordination of services between mental health and child welfare agencies. The special circumstances of child welfare clients are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Change Agents

Merrell, Kenneth W.; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1994
Focuses on rural service delivery issues common to special education, school psychology, and mental health and outlines training-related solutions. Cautions against simplistic dichotomy of rural versus urban service delivery and professional isolationism. Recommends five skill categories for rural training: generalist training, personal and…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Delivery Systems, Educational Needs, Educational Psychology
Rayburn, Nadine Recker; Wenzel, Suzanne L.; Elliott, Marc N.; Hambarsoomians, Katrin; Marshall, Grant N.; Tucker, Joan S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
The authors examined the relationship among trauma, coping, depression, and mental health service seeking in a probability sample of sheltered homeless and low-income housed women. Results highlight the diversity of trauma. In a longitudinal analysis, women who lived in shelters or experienced major violence had a twofold increase in their risk of…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Health Services, Females, Violence
Carpenter-Aeby, Tracy; Aeby, Victor G. – School Community Journal, 2005
Although outcomes for alternative schools may be mixed, it is generally agreed that counseling, therapy, group work, case management, and family-community involvement have been credited in some effective programs. This study examined program evaluations from 1994-1999 for an alternative school for chronically disruptive students (599 students,…
Descriptors: Health Services, Locus of Control, Nontraditional Education, Grade Point Average
Ochocka, Joanna; Nelson, Geoffrey; Janzen, Rich; Trainor, John – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
This article examines the outcomes of participation in mental health Consumer/Survivor Initiatives (CSIs) and identifies helpful qualities of CSIs through a longitudinal, qualitative study that involved in-depth interviews of people who experienced severe mental health challenges in Ontario, Canada. We used a nonequivalent control group design in…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Health Services, Community Organizations, Self Help Programs
Haerens, Leen; Deforche, Benedicte; Maes, Lea; Cardon, Greet; Stevens, Veerle; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse – Health Education Research, 2006
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of a middle school physical activity and healthy eating intervention, including an environmental and computer-tailored component, and to investigate the effects of parental involvement. A random sample of 15 schools with seventh and eight graders was randomly assigned to one of three…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Intervention, Physical Activities
Canter, Andrea, Ed.; Dawson, Peg, Ed. – 1989
This directory offers a sampling of 74 programs that offer alternatives to traditional special education models for children with disabilities and at-risk children. The programs are classified into nine broad categories of program designs and emphases: (1) alternative curriculum/instructional strategies; (2) instructional management systems; (3)…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Cooperative Learning, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1992
Virginia's Department of Education and Department of Health are concerned with the health of children and youth, and with the implementation of comprehensive school health programs. These guidelines provide a basis for developing a model school health program or for enriching an existing program, focusing on health services and school environment.…
Descriptors: Administration, Agency Cooperation, Child Health, Elementary Schools
Braveman, Paula; Bennett, Trude – 1993
The guide is based on project reports by the San Francisco Department of Public Health to improve and monitor perinatal health and children's health. These reports demonstrated the potential of information to help community advocacy groups, service providers, and program planners identify priorities for policy decisions and resource allocation.…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Community Health Services
Gardner, Sid; And Others – 1995
In March 1995, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Personal Responsibility Act (H.R. 4), part of the House Republican Contract with America. The bill would move primary responsibility for child and family programs to states and communities, reduce federal spending, and consolidate programs into block grants for child care, child…
Descriptors: Accountability, Child Welfare, Community Programs, Community Services
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst. (DHHS/NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1995
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has launched an initiative called the Cardiovascular Health Promotion Project to teach heart-healthy habits to children. One of the programs developed by this initiative, CATCH, the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health, is the largest…
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Child Health, Eating Habits, Elementary Education
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1995
The wars that began in 1991 in the countries of the former Yugoslavia caused widespread child suffering. This workshop report presents the findings from the Workshop on the Impact of War on Child Health held for doctors from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. The workshop's goal was to address the common interest in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children
Sciacca, Kathleen – 1992
This paper describes the consumer program, "Helpful People in Touch," a self-help treatment program for people with the multiple disorders of mental illness, drug addiction, and/or alcoholism. First, the terms, "Mentally Ill Chemical Abusers and Addicted" (MICAA) and "Chemical Abusing Mentally Ill" (CAMI) are defined…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
Lalley, Jacqueline, Ed.; Ahsan, Nilofer, Ed. – Family Resource Coalition Report, 1998
This report of the Family Resource Coalition of America examines partnerships between family support programs and health care providers, forged to ensure that the comprehensive needs of families are met. The report begins with two articles, "Family Support and the Emerging Health System" and "Social and Economic Issues Affecting…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Agency Cooperation, Child Health, Children
Stroul, Beth A. – 1989
This document is part of a series of monographs on community-based services for children and adolescents who are severely emotionally disturbed. The series is the product of a national study of community-based service approaches which identified over 200 programs serving emotionally disturbed children and included visits to several programs…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Community Services