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Peer reviewedDikel, William; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1994
A state-sponsored and county-sponsored program in Hennepin County (Minnesota) provides preventive and crisis intervention services in three schools serving severely emotionally disturbed students. The program utilizes a county social worker in the schools to coordinate services, intervene in crisis situations, and facilitate appropriate treatment…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Crisis Intervention, Emotional Disturbances
Download full textMinnesota State Children's Cabinet. – 1996
This report to the Minnesota state legislature describes the status of the local children's mental health collaboratives. These mental health collaboratives were established in response to the fragmented service delivery system. Counties, school districts, and local mental health entities became partners with public health, juvenile corrections,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Cox, Gary C. – 1993
This report proposes creation of a flexible and coordinated system for delivery of comprehensive community-based services to Minnesota children with emotional and behavioral disorders. The proposal calls for the state to support multiagency Local Collaboratives with: (1) legislation that grants local communities certain powers in exchange for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Petr, Christopher G.; Pierpont, John – 1991
This study, which collected data through interviews and document review, was designed to identify strengths and weaknesses of Minnesota's Comprehensive Children's Mental Health Act (CCMHA) of 1989 and its implementation through December 1990. Three criteria for mental health reform were established for the study, including: care should be…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Accountability, Change Strategies, Community Programs
Minnesota State Dept. of Human Services, St. Paul. – 1997
Designed to assist Minnesota educators and mental health professionals in developing comprehensive mental health services for children, this report summarizes research findings and issues in the area of primary and secondary prevention of emotional disturbances in children. It begins by reviewing factors found to contribute to emotional…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Biological Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
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
