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Download full textCondry, Sandra; Hayes, William A. – 1980
This document reports the pilot test of the two components of the Child and Family Mental Health (CFMH) Evaluation Project -- the impact evaluation component and the in-depth evaluation component. (The impact evaluation is designed to determine the effects of the two primary prevention models of service and activities on the CFMH Head Start…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Family Programs, Longitudinal Studies
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Drug Education. – 1978
This booklet is intended to provide teachers with a selective list of instructional aids and resources for use in drug education programs. It provides some guidance in choosing, from the items listed, those to use at the local level. Items listed are: printed materials for children; audiovisuals for children; printed materials for teachers and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Community Organizations, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Strandmark, John F.; Dusewicz, Russell A. – 1978
A developmental history of the Georgia Life Skills for Mental Health program is presented. The program's purpose is to help students aged 5-18 learn ways to handle stress, make major life decisions, and form more satisfying interpersonal relationships. In addition to a narrative description of how the program was conceived and developed, the…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanistic Education, Instructional Materials
Cohen, Robert – 1978
The current mental health system suffers from fragmentation and inefficient utilization of all potential mental health resources, and paraprofessionals can be utilized as bridging agents between formal agencies and nonprofessional community caregivers. Arguments for conceptual reorganization of the mental health delivery system are presented,…
Descriptors: Agencies, Community Responsibility, Delivery Systems, Mental Health Programs
Benswanger, Ellen G.; And Others – 1978
This paper describes a project which is attempting to strengthen existing programs and develop new forms of support for rural children and their families. The setting of the project is a three-county area in south-western Pennsylvania which has been designated as "underserved" in reference to health and mental health facilities. The…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Development, Developmental Programs, Family Problems
Bartee, Edwin M.; Kelly, Jacquelyn M. – 1978
Critical reasons for frustration and circularity in the formulation and implementation of mental health policy are analyzed. The primary reason proposed is the lack of equal, systematic and structurally-reinforced participation of mental health services consumers and their communities in the planning and implementing of policy and programs. This…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Health Services, Conference Reports, Delivery Systems
Shifren, Irene – 1978
A model developed by Transitional Services for New York, Inc., for collaboration between State and County government under private, not-for-profit auspices is described which attempts to assist the transition of former psychiatric patients into the community. The agency functions are described in terms of: (1) a tri-level housing network including…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Alley, Sam; And Others – 1978
A group of 12 federally funded community mental health centers which make effective use of paraprofessionals is described. The purpose is to make mental health policy makers and service agency staff members aware of the wide range of innovative service models in existence in which paraprofessionals play diverse and crucial roles. A case study for…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Mental Health Programs, Paraprofessional Personnel, Policy Formation
White, Caroline – 1980
A positive self image is necessary for good mental health, yet societal influences have a negative impact on the self esteem of Hispanic people living in the United States. Hispanics are caught between the cultural poles of the values of the Hispanic community and the demand for acculturation into the dominant society. Adverse influences on…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Differences, Hispanic Americans, Mental Health
Lewis, Michael D.; Lewis, Judith A. – 1978
A paraprofessional training program designed to provide community controlled mental health services to the Woodlawn community of Chicago, Illinois, is described in this monograph. The neighborhood and The Woodlawn Organization (T.W.O.A), a self help project formed in early 1960, are described from an historical perspective. Some of the areas…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Programs, Community Responsibility, Curriculum
PETERSON, JUNE – 1967
THIS ISSUE INCLUDES PROFESSIONAL NEWS, CONVENTION AND WORKSHOP PROGRAMS, AND SIX REVIEWS OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED MATERIAL. ARTICLES DESCRIBING PROGRAMS IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS IN AND OUT OF THE U.S.A. FOR CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOR DISORDERS ARE--(1) "AN APPROACH TO THE THERAPEUTIC EDUCATION OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED ADOLESCENTS," BY STEPHEN…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Church Programs, Emotional Disturbances
Sive, Mary Robinson – Media Monitor, 1979
Instructional materials covering the major topics on mental health include 266 films, filmstrips, videotapes, slides, books, pamphlets, and other media. Of these, 118 references are appropriate for high school students, 80 for elementary students, and 68 are reference books and curriculum guides for professional use. Topics covered include general…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Media, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Newton, M. R.; Brown, Racine D. – 1967
The aim of this project was to use and evaluate inaction, amelioration, consultation, focused education, mobilization of existing strengths, and strategic deployment of treatment at the point of crisis or potential stress. Focusing on school entry, the project attempted to identify variables of "life crisis" and determine empirically those…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Child Development, Environmental Influences
Goodman, Lillian Rachel – 1969
The purpose of this study was (1) to develop a model of required functions and effective behaviors of psychiatric nurses in mental health programs in Massachusetts and (2) to construct a model of objectives of a continuing education program for them. Perceptual data concerning functions of nurses were gathered by interviews with authorities,…
Descriptors: Activities, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Objectives, Interviews
Maryland State Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore. – 1969
Statistics of mental illness in Maryland are provided in the areas of diagnostic distribution of admissions and resident patients, size and nature of patient population, percentage change in daily cost per patient, employee-patient ratios, length of hospitalization, diagnostic treatment trends, patient mortality, and Baltimore's specific problems…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Disorders, Mental Health
