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Unger, Karen V. – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2011
"Building Your Program" is intended to help mental health authorities, agency administrators, and program leaders think through and develop Supported Education. The first part of this booklet gives you background information about the Supported Education model. Specific information about your role in implementing and sustaining Supported Education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evidence, Mental Health, Best Practices
Schrag, Emily – 1988
The report analyzes roles of mental health professionals in implementing Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1986, which established the Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP). A December, 1987, conference of administrators, clinicians, policymakers, and parent representatives from federal, state, and…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Emotional Disturbances, Federal Legislation
Pippard, James L. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1989
Discusses recent successes with innovative training program for staff working with chronically mentally ill. Describes program development, program structure, program content, and funding issues. Emphasizes value of collaboration between academia and mental health service agencies. (Author/TES)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Institutional Cooperation, Instructional Innovation, Mental Disorders
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health in Schools. – 2001
This document is intended to assist schools in developing a comprehensive and multifaceted continuum of mental health programs and services. Following an introductory discussion of the scope of the problem, part 1 examines definitional concerns that must be resolved over time. Part 2 provides a general rationale for mental health services in…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Isaacs, Mareasa R.; Benjamin, Marva P. – 1991
This monograph was developed to assist states and communities in planning, designing, and implementing culturally competent systems of care for children with serious emotional disturbances. It highlights the culturally competent aspects of 11 programs serving people of color. Each program targets at least one of the four major ethnic minority…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Pires, Sheila A. – 1991
This monograph is based on experiences of the national Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) and describes a plan for developing and implementing community based systems of care for children and adolescents with serious emotional disorders and their families. It draws on examples from state mental health plans to illustrate planning…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Change Strategies, Children
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Isaacs, Mareasa R. – 1986
This report includes the background papers developed for an invitational workshop on mental health program development for minority youth and their families, and a summary of the recommendations made and actions to be taken. Section I presents an overall framework and an overview of the issues that were explored in greater depth at the workshop.…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Community Programs, Family Involvement, Federal Programs