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Clausen, June Madsen; Dresser, Karyn L.; Rosenblatt, Abram; Attkisson, C. Clifford – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1998
Interviews were conducted with 60 human-services-agency staff of the Child and Adolescent Service System Program in California and 67 parents of children with serious emotional disturbance regarding changes over the previous four years in their local children's service systems. Results indicate increased interagency collaboration and family…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Emotional Disturbances, Family Involvement
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Friedman, Robert M. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2003
This article presents a framework to be used in studying public policy in children's mental health. It focuses the stages of policy development and implementation, the relationships among different governmental levels, the relationships among different service sectors, and variables affecting the likelihood a policy will achieve its intended…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Child Advocacy, Children
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Kutash, Krista; Duchnowski, Albert J. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1997
Reviews the development of comprehensive and collaborative service systems for children with serious emotional disturbance and their families from the advocacy of the 1960s to the present. A detailed description of an empirically supported model system operating in Vermont is presented along with other state models. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
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Pandiani, John A.; Schacht, Lucille M.; Banks, Steven M. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2001
A study examined the long-term (3 year) treatment outcomes of all adolescents (n=2,481) who received services in Vermont's statewide systems of care. Recipients of services had substantially elevated rates of incarceration and hospitalization but maternity rates in the treatment groups were not different from other young women. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children, Delivery Systems
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Armstrong, Mary I.; Evans, Mary E.; Wood, Virginia – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2000
This article describes the history of New York's efforts to create partnerships with families with children with emotional disturbances, articulates the stages of parent involvement in policymaking, and summarizes lessons learned and recommendations for effective and enduring families as policy allies. A case study is presented. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Children, Data Collection
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Bruns, Eric J.; Burchard, John D.; Froelich, Peter; Yoe, James T.; Tighe, Theodore – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1998
Describes the Vermont Community Adjustment Tracking System (VT-CATS), which utilizes four behavioral instruments to allow intensive, ongoing, and interpretable behavioral assessment of a service system's most challenging children and adolescents. Also explains the adjustment indicator checklists and the ability of VT-CATS to address agencies'…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Agencies, Behavior Development
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Oswald, Donald P.; Coutinho, Martha J. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1995
Relationships among state identification rates for serious emotional disturbances and economic and demographic variables were explored. Variation in per pupil revenue explained about one-fourth of the variance in identification rates. States differed significantly based on region, elementary and secondary expenditure, per pupil revenue, and per…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
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Oswald, Donald P.; Coutinho, Martha J. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1996
This study examined state-by-state variation in high school completion rates and the impact of state-level child disability, demographic, and economic factors upon completion by diploma or certificate for youth with serious emotional disturbances (SED). Variables examined included ethnicity, geographic region, per capita personal income, per pupil…
Descriptors: Demography, Dropout Prevention, Economic Factors, Emotional Disturbances