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Ringeisen, Heather; Casanueva, Cecilia; Cross, Theodore P.; Urato, Matthew – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2009
This study examines mental health and special education needs and service use at school entry among children involved in maltreatment investigations as infants. Data are from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, a national probability study of 5,501 children investigated for maltreatment. The study sample comprised 959 children…
Descriptors: Health Services, Investigations, Mental Health Programs, Child Welfare
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Ennis, Catherine D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
The author discusses a line of research examining the acquisition, organization, and use of knowledge associated with conceptual change in which she is engaged at the University of Maryland. It builds on foundational research by scholars in science, mathematics, and reading education as well as in motor learning and physical education pedagogy,…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Learning, Change, Physical Education
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Ivanova, Masha Y.; Dobrean, Anca; Dopfner, Manfred; Erol, Nese; Fombonne, Eric; Fonseca, Antonio Castro; Frigerio, Alessandra; Grietens, Hans; Hannesdottir, Helga; Kanbayashi, Yasuko; Lambert, Michael; Achenbach, Thomas M.; Larsson, Bo; Leung, Patrick; Liu, Xianchen; Minaei, Asghar; Mulatu, Mesfin S.; Novik, Torunn S.; Oh, Kyung Ja; Roussos, Alexandra; Sawyer, Michael; Simsek, Zeynep; Dumenci, Levent; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Metzke, Christa Winkler; Wolanczyk, Tomasz; Yang, Hao-Jan; Zilber, Nelly; Zukauskiene, Rita; Verhulst, Frank C.; Rescorla, Leslie A.; Almqvist, Fredrik; Weintraub, Sheila; Bilenberg, Niels; Bird, Hector; Chen, Wei J. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
There is a growing need for multicultural collaboration in child mental health services, training, and research. To facilitate such collaboration, this study tested the 8-syndrome structure of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) in 30 societies. Parents' CBCL ratings of 58,051 6- to 18-year-olds were subjected to confirmatory factor analyses,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Cooperation, Child Behavior
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Smith, Edward; Caldwell, Linda – Journal of Rural Health, 2007
Evidence-based substance use prevention programs have proliferated in schools and are being adopted by districts in rural settings and internationally. Little attention, however, has been paid to the adaptation process that occurs when these programs are moved to different contexts. In this commentary, the authors draw upon their experience with…
Descriptors: Prevention, Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Program Implementation
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Levitt, Jessica Mass; Saka, Noa; Romanelli, Lisa Hunter; Hoagwood, Kimberly – Journal of School Psychology, 2007
When embedded within a continuum of mental health services including both prevention and treatment, school-based mental health identification programs can promote improved academic and mental health functioning among students. This article describes the scientific status of assessment instrumentation that may be used for early mental health…
Descriptors: Instrumentation, Identification, Health Services, Mental Health Programs
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Aricak, Tolga; Bekci, Banu; Siyahhan, Sinem; Martinez, Rebecca – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2008
Introduction: Historically, terrorism has occurred in various regions of the world and has been considered a local problem until the September, 11 terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001. After 9/11, terrorism has become a global concern. The definition of terrorism has changed from a violent act of a group of local people against their…
Descriptors: Health Services, Elementary School Students, Terrorism, Student Attitudes
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Vernberg, Eric M.; Roberts, Michael C.; Jacobs, Anne K.; Randall, Camille J.; Biggs, Bridget K.; Nyre, Joseph E. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2008
We describe changes in adaptive functioning for children enrolled in the Intensive Mental Health Program (IMHP), an innovative model for serving children with the most severe forms of SED. Most children show marked improvements in multiple indicators of role performance and symptomatology. Although a high risk, high need group, most children…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Outcomes of Treatment
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Bryson, Stephanie A.; Corrigan, Susan K.; McDonald, Thomas P.; Holmes, Cheryl – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
Despite the presence of significant psychiatric comorbidity among children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), little research exists on those who receive community-based mental health services. This project examined one year (2004) of data from the database maintained by 26 community mental health centers (CMHCs) in the Midwestern US state of…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Genetics
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Smallbone, Stephen; Rayment-McHugh, Susan; Crissman, Belinda; Shumack, Danielle – Clinical Psychologist, 2008
Delivery of high-quality mental health services to clients in regional and remote areas in Australia presents significant challenges. Griffith Youth Forensic Service (GYFS) provides specialised, state-wide assessment and systemic treatment services for young people in Queensland who have committed sexual offences. In an effort to provide…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries
National Cancer Inst. (NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1984
This booklet presents information for those wishing to develop public education programs on breast cancer. The booklet's five chapters discuss: (1) public knowledge, attitudes, and practices; (2) program planning; (3) a framework for planning and implementing public information and education programs; (4) considerations for planning information…
Descriptors: Cancer, Gynecology, Health Education, Health Materials
Craig, Rebecca T.; Paterson, Andrea – State Legislative Report, 1985
Involuntary commitment laws, once seen as reform, now questioned as roadblocks to needed treatment, are discussed. The ineffectiveness of state's commitment laws, lack of community resources for treating the mentally ill, and homelessness among the mentally ill are discussed in the introduction. The history of the right of a state to commit…
Descriptors: Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Government Role, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1986
Text of a Congressional hearing examining present and future policies on providing home health care for the aged is presented in this document. In his opening remarks, Representative Biaggi discusses the unhealthy and unacceptable reliance on institutional care and the disproportionate amount of resources Medicare and Medicaid spend on nursing…
Descriptors: Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Federal Legislation, Health Programs, Health Services
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1986
Text of a Congressional hearing examining the plight of aging Americans, still at financial risk despite the help of Medicare and Medicaid, is presented in this document. Testimony or prepared statements are delivered by 17 Congressmen including Representatives Roybal, Jeffords, Renaldo, Hammerschmidt, Pepper, McCain, Manton, Fawell, Robinson,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Financial Problems, Health Programs, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1987
This document presents witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine children's mental health issues, including the prevalence of mental illness among children, barriers to effective treatment, and responses that are effective in helping children and families. Witnesses providing testimony include:…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Emotional Disturbances, Emotional Problems
Towns, Kathryn; And Others – 1987
Women have undergone a revolution in their self-perception and their traditional relationships to work, money, marriage, and family. These social changes have implications for every aspect of women's lives, including their mental health. Because of the special problems and conflicts confronting women today, data need to be analyzed on policies,…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Females, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
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