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General
Children's Mental Health Information
May is National Children's Mental Health Awareness Month!
National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day is May 6
National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week is May 4-10
Articles
About
Our Kids Behavior Articles -The NYU Child Study Center's archive
of helpful articles on childhood behavior, ex. anger, fears, stress,
trauma.
Mental
Health Services for Children who Witness Domestic Violence- article
from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, publishers of The
Future of Children.Other
The
National Wraparound Initiative- The National Wraparound Initiative
(NWI) is a collaborative effort that seeks to promote the implementation
of high quality Wraparound.
Google
Search Child & Adolescent Mental Health Links- a plethora of
links to a variety of topics.
Grief Counseling Resource
Guide -a field guide for those who encounter individuals reacting
to trauma related grief reactions in the course of their outreach work.
Written by the New York State Office of Mental Health
Tools & Guides
Teen Screen - The Carmel Hill
Center at Columbia University operates the TeenScreen® Program and
the Positive Action for Teen Health (PATH) initiative. The staff includes
mental health, public policy, and training experts.
Definition
of Emotional Disturbance- Many terms are used to describe emotional,
behavioral or mental disorders. Currently, students with such disorders
are categorized as having a serious emotional disturbance, which is
defined under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
Public Law 101-476.
Focus on Preparing for
Crisis -Practical suggestions for preparations
for a children's mental health crisis situation.
Discharge Planning Guide - Discharge
planning for children hospitalized for mental health treatment in New
York State. Written by New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. En
Espanol
Mental
Health Resources in New York State -Mental Health Facilities Locator,
Mental Health Services Directory, Hispanic Youth Violence Prevention
Services, State Resource Guide, State Suicide Prevention Programs, Substance
Abuse Treatment Facility Locator, and State Statistics.
Youth/Teens
"The Storm
in My Brain"- a publication for kids about mood disorders, depression,
and bipolar.
Wrong Planet- WrongPlanet.net
is a web community designed for individuals with Asperger's Syndrome.
New
research shows stark differences in teen brains- Article
Teen
Crisis and Tragedy: Your Child's Cry for Help - Article:
Emotional crises and traumatic events are part of everyone's life. Such
experiences can be particularly damaging to teenagers, whose feelings
tend to run to extremes even in the best of circumstances.
Ten
Things You Can Do To Fight Stigma for Our Children and Youth - Adapted
from an article “Ten Things You Can Do To Fight Stigma”
Youth Empowerment Programs:
Nothing About Us Without Us - Article: Because
Youth Involvement is new and people are unsure of how to handles it,
a lot of what we have discussed over the years is “How and Why
to Include Young People in the Process”.
The Myth of the Bad Kid - Article:
Our kids aren't "bad", which is a label too often used to
describe them.
This is Your Life: Planning
Guide for Youth -for youth, to create a self-directed plan.
Engaging
Youth in Positive and Productive Roles- Center for the Study of
Social Policy.
Guide
to Effective Programs for Children and Youth -Child Trends’
Guide to Effective Programs for Children and Youth offers a way to present
in a user-friendly format - to policy makers, program designers, and
funders - our extensive knowledge base about programs found to “work”
to enhance children’s development.
National Youth
Development Information Center- a one-stop website for youth workers
with interest in any and all of the following areas: funding, programming,
research, policy, job and training opportunities. NYDIC also provides
current news to the youth development field and has one of the largest
online libraries, providing practice-related information at low-cost
or no cost.
Youth
Arts Tool Kit -a complete Youth arts handbook, includes information
about program planning, team training, evaluation, costs, resources,
and advocacy.
Casey Life Skills-
Casey Family Programs provides free and easy to use tools to help young
people prepare for adulthood.
It's All Right- Diaries of
four fictional teenagers touched by mental illness. Factsheets, helpline,
and information on mental illness including schizophrenia, depression,
and anxiety disorders.
Influencing Public
Policy in Your State: A Guide for Youth in Care- Prepared by the
Maine Youth Leadership Advisory Team to help teach youth how to advocate
for themselves and influence policy.
Adolescent
Portable Therapy: A Practical Guide for Service Providers- Home-based
treatment that combines family therapy and individual treatment to reduce
adolescent drug use and address mental health problems and behavioral
issues, a best practice from the Vera Insitute for Justice.
Evidence-Based
Practices
Data
Trends -a series of one-page briefs addressing current themes, summarizing
recent articles, or presenting new developments in the field of children's
mental health. A collaboration of the Research and Training Center at
Portland State University and the Research and Training Center at the
University of South Florida.
Evidence
Based Practice for Families- Beliefs, definitions, suggestions written
by the Michigan Association for Children's Mental Health.
The Center for Evidence-Based
Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior -great source
for resources and links.
Children,
Youth and Families Mental Health Evidence Based Practice Project-
University at Buffalo's School of Social Work site that provides mental
health practitioners with a description of the signs and symptoms of
disorders that affect children and adolescents and also current evidence-based
practices for each disorder.
Diagnosis
Specific
Go to the National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH) website for brochures and information sheets, reports, press
releases, fact sheets, and other educational materialsVisit the the American Academy of Family Physicians website for information on special conditions in children.
The American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Facts for Families Series contains information on disorders from ADHD to Tourette's. Depression
The Depression Center's Online
Depression Test
Attacking
bipolar disorder in young adults boosts outcome, says Stanford study-
article
ADD/ADHD
The National Resource Center
for ADD/ADHD
Back
to School With ADHD - Article: New teachers, new
subjects, new routines -- going back to school after the summer break
can be taxing on any child, but it's often especially so for kids with
ADHD.
Parenting
a child with AD/HD- helpful information from CHADD. Eating
Disorders
Don't
Wait to Treat Early Forms of Bulimia: Experts - Article
Eating
Disorders on the Rise: Sufferers are Getting Younger - Article:
With the obesity epidemic front and center on the national health care
agenda, it's easy to forget that millions of young Americans are literally
starving themselves to death.
Desire to be perfect makes
treating anorexia difficult -Article: When
Mary-Kate Olsen entered a treatment facility for anorexia, she became
the latest celebrity to struggle publicly with what is arguably the
most difficult eating disorder to cure. Self-Injury
Girl Talk: Why We Cut
and Burn Ourselves- As the problem of young women cutting and burning
themselves gets mainstream attention, female teens are logging on to
the Internet to talk about why they injure themselves. Women's eNews
corresponded with a few of them for this story.
Students'
scars point to emotional pain - The signs
of self-injury.
The Cutting Edge: A Newsletter
for People Living With Self-Inflicted Violence - The
Cutting Edge offers insight into a condition that is mystifying, disturbing,
frustrating, and often misunderstood.
Deliberate
Self-Harm in Young People- A fact sheet for parents and teachers.
Suicide
CDC
Report: Latest Data on Suicide Behaviors, Risk Factors, and PreventionSexual
Abuse
Stop it Now -Campaign to prevent
child abuse-with warning sign info, resources, stories of hope.
The National Children's Advocacy
Center -information on prevention and intervention programs and
trainings.Substance
Abuse
Best
Practices Checklist:Youth Substance Abuse Prevention-elements that
make a substance abuse prevention program effective from The Faith and
Service Technical Education Network (FASTEN)
School-Based
Mental Health & Special Education
Center for
Health and Health Care in Schools Mental Health Page -Mental health
services in schools background info, financing issues, and state and
local initiatives.
UCLA School Mental Health Project -Center for Mental Health in Schools website.
Mental Health, Schools and Working
Together for All Children and Youth: Toward a Shared Agenda -a concept
paper from the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
and The Policymaker Partnership for Implementing IDEA at the National
Association of State Directors of Special Education.
School-Based
Youth Suicide Prevention Guide -The Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based
Guide is designed to provide accurate, user-friendly information. The
Guide is not a program but a tool that provides a framework for schools
to assess their existing or proposed suicide prevention efforts (through
a series of checklists) and provides resources and information that
school administrators can use to enhance or add to their existing program.
School
Materials for a Mental Health Friendly Classroom: Training Package-
Eliminating Barriers for Learning: Social and Emotional Factors That
Enhance Secondary Education. Positive
Behavior Intervention Supports (PBIS) & Positive Behavior Supports
(PBS)
"Wraparound
and PBIS in the Schools" by Lucille Eber
The Beach Center's
Positive Behavior Support (PBS) Page -Facts Sheets
on Discipline and Punishment, Functional Assessment of Behavior,
How To Encourage Desirable Behavior in People with Developmental Disabilities, and more. Research Briefs on Challenging Behavior and
Inclusion, Discipline and Punishment, How to Put the "Good"
into "Good Night", and more.
Views on Challenging Behavior of Persons with Mental Retardation or
Autism.
PBIS in New York State:
Click Here for CCSI PBIS Powerpoint Presentation
(pdf)
Click Here for CCSI PBIS Powerpoint
Presentation (ppt)
Click Here
for List of Regional PBIS Specialists and their contact info.
Click Here for Technical
Assistance Regions by County Discipline
Suspending
Disbelief: Moving Beyond Punishment to Promote Effective Interventions
for Children with Mental or Emotional Disorders,- a Bazelon Center
for Mental Health Law paper which examines congressional intent regarding
the treatment of children with behavior problems and, by examining administrative
and court decisions interpreting these provisions, compares those intentions
with actual implementation of the mandate. (May 2003).
General Accounting Office Report -"Special Education: Clearer Guidance Would Enhance Implementation
of Federal Disciplinary Provisions"General
Special Ed. Info
NYADVOCATES
Group- Message Board with archived resources to bring together parents
and advocates committed to ensuring a Free and Appropriate Public Education
for their children in New York State.
The
Impact of Parent/Family Involvement on Student Outcomes: An Annotated
Bibliography of Research from the Past Decade -This document is
a publication of the Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in
Special Education (CADRE). To access CADRE, Click
Here.
National Coalition for Parent Involvement
in Education -NCPIE is a coalition of major education, community,
public service, and advocacy organizations working to create meaningful
family-school partnerships in every school in America.
Free
Tutoring Information Under NCLB -Your child may be eligible for
free tutoring and other supplemental academic enrichment services under
No Child Left Behind. This brochure explains what supplemental educational
services are and where you can go for more information.
NY Yellow Pages for Kids -Find educational consultants, psychologists, educational diagnosticians, health care providers, academic therapists, tutors, speech language therapists, occupational therapists, coaches, advocates, and attorneys for children with disabilities on the Yellow Pages for Kids for your state.
Back to School Teen
Health Kit for Parents-Includes depression, eating disorder, drug
abuse warning signs.
Resources
on Special Education, IEPS, IDEA, Inclusion, and section 504 Suggestions
for IEPS and 504 plans, links, acronym definitions.
Navigating the School
System: A Road Map for Families of Children with Special Needs -
Overview of the special education system-at least the short of it.
An
Introductory Packet on Parent and Home Involvement in Schools- written
by the School Mental Health Project at UCLA Center for Mental Health
in Schools.
Parent and
Family Involvement Links- This list was compiled by the School Mental
Health Project at UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools.
A
Guide to Special Education Advocacy for Resource Families- A guide
for foster and adoptive parents and kinship caregivers.
Primer
on Special Education Acronyms, Abbreviations & Definitions- Excellent
guide provided by the Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center.
Silent Crisis: Large
Numbers of Youth Are Not Completing High School- List of links,
articles and reports on the dropout epidemic.
Meeting
The Challenge of Inclusion For Students With Emotional Disabilities-Article
by Mary Beth Hewitt.
National
Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools -The Center
focuses on finding and sharing research based information people need
to take action and make connections between schools, families, and communities.
The following are some of the major publications of the national Center.
Educating Our Children Together -A Sourcebook for Effective Family-School-Community Partnerships.
Early
Intervention Information -from the National Dissemination Center
for Children with DisabilitiesTransition
Age
of Majority: Preparing Your Child for Making Good Choices- Parent
Brief from The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
(NCSET).
Transition Information
-for students preparing for post-secondary education: know your rights
and responsibilities.
Parenting
Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities- Parent Brief on Becoming
the Mentor, Advocate, and Guide Your Young Adult Needs from The National
Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET).
Person-Centered
Planning: A Tool for Transition- Parent Brief from The National
Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET).
IDEA2004
Key Provisions on Transition- This document identifies the major
changes between IDEA 1997 and H.R. 1350 (IDEA 2004) concerning transition
services.
Cultural
Competence
Resources
on Cultural Competence- from Communities Can!
Culturally
Competent Practice- from the National Association of School Psychologists.
Helping
Children Cope with Crisis: A Guide for African American Parents-
from The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD),
part of the National Institutes of Health, and the National Black Child
Development Institute (NBCDI).
Cultural Competency:
A Practical Guide for Mental Health Service Providers- a report
from the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, University of Texas at Austin.
Parent Handbook on Cultural Competence
-explains importance of cultural competence and how to achieve it
.Legal-Policy,
Legislation, Custody Relinquishment, etc.
General
Accounting Office Report on Custody Relinquishment- Child Welfare
and Juvenile Justice: Federal Agencies Could Play a Stronger Role in
Helping States Reduce the Number of Children Placed Solely to Obtain
Mental Health Services.
Maryland Custody Relinquishment
Report- "Relinquishing Custody...An Act of Desperation,"
Results of a year-long project listening and learning from families
faced with relinquishing custody to access mental health services for
their child.
"Listening and Learning from Families
in Juvenile Justice" - The final report of the MD Coalition's
six month project to conduct focus groups with families with children
in the Juvenile Justice system around Maryland and learn about their
experiences. The report includes 14 recommendations from families on
ways to improve the system.
Mental
Health Needs Of Youth In The Juvenile Justice System- Fact Sheet.
The Alliance
for Justice- Great information for nonprofits about policy, lobbying,
and advocacy.
National and
State Findings on the Efficacy and Cost Savings of Drug Treatment Versus
Imprisonment - Conclusion of this report is that drug treatment
can be more effective than cycling people in and out of prison.
Medications
& Treatment
ProjectMED
-publishes booklets educating patients on medications and rights/responsibilities.
Free and Low Cost
Medication- prescription drug patient assistance programs.
Psychiatric
Medications for Children and Adolescents: How Medications are Used
Psychiatric
Medications for Children and Adolescents: Types of Medications
Psychiatric
Medications for Children and Adolescents: Questions to Ask
Antidepressant
Rx: Careful Monitoring Needed - Article: Who prescribed
your antidepressant? Not a psychiatrist, most likely.
Rising Antidepressant Use in Children Cited - Article:
The use of antidepressants in children increased about 10 percent a
year between 1998 and 2002, with a far greater increase among girls
than boys, a new study says.
A Systems Approach to Reducing
Risk and Strengthening Quality in School Medication Management
- Article: With more children
receiving increasingly powerful drugs during the school day, the school
system's liability for safe management of medication has increased.
This is a whole new situation. No one planned it and no one planned
for it. But now is the time to look at the issue and see what changes
need to be made.
Treatment
of Children with Mental Disorders- web page with answers to frequently
asked questions about the treatment of mental disorders in children
-- includes a medications chart. From National Institute for Mental
Health.
Free Meds and Solutions-
provides you and your loved ones with programs that will assist you
in your continuous effort to save or eliminate prescription medicine
costs as well as a number of associated assistance programs. Treatment
& Recovery
Residential
Treatment Facility List NYS- pdf download of all NYS Office of Mental
Health approved facilities. Sorry-only addresses, no websites or phone
numbers at this time.
Child
Health Plus Insurance Program -Information on Child
Health Plus, eligibility, how to apply.
"Understanding Private
Insurance: A Handbook for Families Caring for a Child with Mental Health
Needs" -from the Maryland Coalition of Families for Children's
Mental Health. Everything families need to know about private health
insurance coverage grievance and appeals, how private insurance applies
if your child is in special education or juvenile justice, and what
happens when your child "ages out" of your health plan.
Thought
Therapy - Article: Small changes in thinking and
behavior can be as effective as antidepressants.
Many with 'Co-Occurring' Substance
Abuse and Mental Illness Are Unaware They Need Treatment - Article:
People with "co-occurring" serious mental illness and substance
abuse often do not recognize that they need treatment for either or
both conditions, a new report from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) indicates.
11
Questions to Ask Before Psychiatric Hospitalization of Your Child or
Adolescent -helpful information from the American Academy of Child
& Adolescent Psychiatry.
Substance
Abuse Treatment Facility Locator -a great tool to locate drug and
alcohol abuse treatment programs nearest you.
Sleep for Kids -You can review this website
with your children and discuss sleep issues with them. You will also
find more great information to help you learn and teach about children's
sleep in the Parent and Teacher Section.
Reducing
Suicide: A National Imperative -book/report from the Institute of
Medicine
Parent/Youth
Rights & Navigating the System
HIPAA
Facts for Parents/Minor Rights-provided by the National Technical
Assistance Support Center of the National Association for Rights Protection
& Advocacy.
A
Family's Guide to the Child Welfare System -a comprehensive resource that answers many of the questions families
face when they become involved with the child welfare system.
Resources for Parents of Youth
with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System- from the National
Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice.
Parents
as Collaborative Team Members- Information for families from the
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice.
Advocacy
Tools for Parent Groups- Great resources on advocacy at every level.
"A View from My Shoes"
Coordinated Services: A Parent's Perspective - Article:
Systems perspective from a self-described "proud" parent of
a child with mental health issues.
Custody Relinquishment:
How Does This Happen? Article: In New York State,
there are families of children that voluntarily relinquish custody of
their child to the child welfare system solely to access the mental
health services for their child.
"Hear Our Voices, Share
Our Pain: Custody Relinquishment- A Cruel Choice for Families" - Article: The pain custody relinquishment causes families
and children.
International Survivors Action Committee - A non-profit group dedicated to exposing abusive behavior modification
centers, drug treatment programs, and mental health facilities.
Making It Work: When Families that
Represent a Service Population Become Employees -a great guide for
family support workers, advocates, and parent partners.
Evaluations
or Outcome Measurements
Checklists
and Tools for Use in School Evaluation -from
The Evaluation Center, part of Western Michigan University.
Harvard
Family Research Project -latest news in evaluations and family involvement.
Over 350 Links-Western
Michigan U. web page has over 350 links on assessment, measurement,
instruments, funding, evaluation, tools, etc.
Get Needed Data at the U.S. Census
Bureau
Crafting
Logic Models for Systems of Care: Ideas Into Action -Crafting Logic
Models for Systems of Care:Ideas Into Action, provides a straight-forward
method that system stakeholders can use to turn their ideas into tangible
action-oriented strategies for achieving their goals for system development.
Assessment & Screening
Tools- This list was compiled by the School Mental Health Project
at UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools.
Outcome-Based
Evaluation: A Toolkit for Programs of Faith- provided by The Faith
and Service Technical Education Network (FASTEN).
Measuring
Outcomes in Family Support: Practioner's Guide- This practitioners
guide is for family support practitioners, family support services,
peak organisations and government agencies and others working with family
support services.
Juvenile
Justice System
Treatment
Works For Youth In The Juvenile Justice System - Article:
Treatment works to change the life course of young people and deter
them from juvenile justice involvement. Numerous research studies point
to the effectiveness of certain types of treatment and services for
youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
Missouri's Youth Prisons Display
Surprising Success - Article: There are no handcuffs,
no razor-wire fences, no uniforms, no cells. Missouri does things differently
in its prisons for young people, and it shows in what you see and what
you don't.
Stop Putting Sick Children in Jail - Article: NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally
Ill) condemns state and local governments that warehouse children and
adolescents with mental illnesses in the juvenile justice system, simply
because adequate treatment and services in their communities are unavailable.
Involving Families of Youth Who are
in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System -Research and program
brief from the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice.
Assessing
the Mental Health Status of Youth in Juvenile Justice Settings-
Reports the results of a study that used the Voice DISC, a computerized,
self-administered version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children
(DISC), to screen for psychiatric disorders in youth newly admitted
to juvenile assessment centers.
Adolescent
Pathways- Exploring the intersections between Child Welfare, Juvenile
Justice, PINS, and Mental Health.
Criminal
Neglect: Substance Abuse, Juvenile Justice and the Child Left Behind -A comprehensive state study from CASA.
Changing
the Status Quo for Status Offenders: New York State's Efforts to Support
Troubled Teens -This Issue in Brief, produced by the Vera Institute
for Justice, examines how programs have helped disobedient, but not
delinquent, children back on track while yielding significant cost savings.
List
of links to Juvenile Justice Research Reports- compiled by the Consensus
Project, coordinated by Council of State Governments.
Overcoming
Barriers to School Reentry- Report by the Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention: For youth leaving custody, returning to
school is integral to successful reentry into the community.
Screening
and Assessing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Youth
in the Juvenile Justice System- a research and program brief from
the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice.
New York
State PINS-Person in Need of Supervision Summary of Law -Chapter
57 of the Laws of 2005 PINS REFORM LEGISLATION SUMMARY Effective April
1, 2005. Click here for letter
from NYS Office of Children and Family Services and Division of Probation
and Corrections regarding this legislation.
Know Justice Handbook -a handbook
for youth to educate them on their rights when involved with the criminal
justice system. This references California Law only, but has great information
nonetheless to educate and inform youth.
Online Trainings & Resources
for Juvenile Justice Workers- from the GAINS Center--intended to
provide assistance in the areas of mental health, substance abuse, and
juvenile justice.
Juvenile
Justice Division of Child Welfare League of America- newsletters,
policy issues, publications and other resources.
A
Blueprint for Juvenile Justice Reform- from the Youth Transition
Funders Group.
Audio,
Video, Webcasts
NPR:
Treating Mental Illness in Children -Radio interview with Paul Raeburn, author of "Acquainted with
the Night: A Parent's Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder
in His Children" and Dr. David Fassler, author of "Help Me,
I'm Sad: Recognizing, Treating and Preventing Childhood and Adolescent
Depression".
Foster
Care and Adoption
Youth Transitions
Reports and Papers- information about disconnected youth.
Most States
Fail to Meet the Mental Health Needs of Foster Children- report
from the Journal of the National Center for Youth Law.
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