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Watson, Amy C. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
Police agencies across the country are struggling to respond to significant number of persons with serious mental illness, who are landing on their doorsteps with sometimes tragic consequences. Arguably, the most widely adopted approach, the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model, is a specialized police-based program designed to improve officers'…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Police, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Programs
Price, Olga Acosta; Lear, Julia Graham – Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, 2008
In January 2007, The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services was commissioned to assess operations of school mental health programs in Washington, D.C. and recommend future directions in practices, policies and systems development. While this guidance is directed…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Public Health, Mental Health, School Health Services
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Godley, Susan Harrington; Funk, Rodney R.; Fiedler, Elisa Mustari – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1998
The satisfaction of 469 parents or guardians and 387 of their children who received mental health services at 22 community agencies in Illinois was assessed with standardized measures and procedures. Youths' satisfaction was less than that of their parents. Results are used to formulate a prediction model. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
Institute for the Development of Educational Auditing, Arlington, VA. – 1974
The Child Parent Education Centers, funded through Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, are administered by the Chicago Board of Education in areas characterized by a high density of low-income families. Approximately 2100 children, ages three through nine, are enrolled in the 11 centers which offer up to six years of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Health Programs, Kindergarten
Eber, Lucille; Rolf, Karen; Sullivan, Mary Pat – 1998
This paper evaluates two locally driven, school-based programs in Illinois that use a system of care approach to provide services for children and adolescents with, or who are at risk for, developing emotional or behavioral disturbances. These sites included a mental health early intervention pilot program in an elementary school setting, and a…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Clinical Diagnosis, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education
Chamberlin, Robert W., Ed. – 1988
A conference held in 1987 at Dartmouth explored the design and implementation of a comprehensive, coordinated community-wide approach to promoting the health of families and children. This publication provides: (1) conference presentations; (2) reports of delegations from Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire; (3) participants' discussion of issues;…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Check Lists, Children, Community Programs