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Batson, Ruth; Peters, Lyda – 1979
This manual is designed to help community mental health workers to intervene effectively in community crises, particularly school desegregation. The rationale for involving mental health personnel in community crises is explained. The need for expertise among such workers is emphasized, and strategies for gaining this expertise are outlined. Also…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Programs, Crisis Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education
Beck, Frances W.; Bornman, Kemper L. – Journal of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, 1978
This paper describes an approach utilized by Margaret Dumas Mental Health Center to produce an effective preventive mental health program with the school incorporating the concept of clear communication and consultation between the school and mental health personnel. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Programs, Consultation Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health in Schools. – 1999
This report provides a brief overview highlighting why policymakers should expand the focus of school reform to encompass a reframing and restructuring of education support programs and services and school-community partnerships. The report also suggests ways to accomplish this. It is time for reform advocates to expand their emphasis on improving…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Robinson, Kristin E. – 1999
A study investigated the outcomes of the Acute Children's Extended Services (ACES) program, a Salt Lake City, Utah, program designed to help children with emotional and behavioral disabilities reintegrate into the community from inpatient or residential care. The study examined outcomes of the ACES program within four domains: access, clinical…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Children, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Birney, David – 1981
This paper describes a program that links a community mental health center and a rural education cooperative for the provision of psychological services to children experiencing emotional/behavioral problems. The program description provides background information and lists reasons for selecting a flexible problem-solving consultee-centered format…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Atkins, Marc S.; Adil, Jaleel Abdul; Jackson, Maudette; McKay, Mary M.; Bell, Carl C. – 2000
This brief paper presents initial findings midway through the first year of implementing a school-based model of providing mental health services to children and families living in urban, low-income communities and provided by community-based mental health providers. The model emphasizes the central role of ecological factors in childhood conduct…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Behavior Disorders, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Schensul, Jean J.; And Others – Generator, 1981
This article reviews six programs that have applied anthropological concepts, methods, and research to implementing change in American schools, school districts, and communities. The programs are: (1) the West Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Free School, an experimental alternative education program that emphasizes freedom, individualized instruction,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Educational Anthropology, Educational Change

Evaluation and Program Planning, 1995
The seven articles of this special section explore evaluation in South Africa. Particular emphasis is placed on policy development in the areas of health, education, and housing and on efforts to alleviate the legacy of apartheid. Participative and quantitative efforts are described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Apartheid, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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
Moore, Audrey – 1977
This field survey relative to adolescent pregnancy was undertaken through site visits and interviews. Data indicated that: (1) while many people are carrying out excellent programs and activities, the numbers are small compared to the need; (2) in some types of services the old tried-and-found-wanting approaches are perpetuated; (3) in some,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life Education
Cox, Gary; Brandt, Vickie – 1992
This report is a comprehensive description of Minnesota's children's mental health system. It is designed to provide background and guidance to the Children's Integrated Fund Task Force, to assist local coordinating councils, and to serve policymakers outside of mental health who are increasingly asked to consider problems from an interagency…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Children, Community Programs
Greenberg, Mark T.; Domitrovich, Celene; Bumbarger, Brian – 2000
A study reviewed outcomes of 34 prevention programs for children (ages 5-18) that produce improvements in specific psychological symptoms or in factors directly associated with increased risk for child mental disorders. The following conclusions can be made regarding validated programs: (1) short-term preventive interventions produce time-limited…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Briscoe, Richard; Baber, M. Yuette; McPhail, Tracy Lea; Harper, Kimberly – 1996
This paper contains summaries of research projects of three graduate students participating in the Multicultural Mental Health Training Program at the University of South Florida's Florida Mental Health Institutes. The students' work involved the development of evaluation or research projects with ethnically diverse minority communities. The first…
Descriptors: Blacks, Children, Community Programs, Cultural Differences

Greenbaum, Paul E.; And Others – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1996
This study compiled descriptive data over 7 years on 812 school-age children with serious emotional disturbance (SED), including demographic and family characteristics, level of psychological and adaptive functioning, services received in either residential mental health treatment facilities or community-based special education programs, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children
Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs, Harrisburg. – 1991
This report summarizes the activities of the Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs from its inception in January, 1989, to December, 1990; and makes recommendations to the Governor on policies, procedures, and legislation that would make the state more responsive to the Latin American community. Latin Americans are the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Affirmative Action, Aging (Individuals), Civil Rights
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