[mentalhealth-l] ENEWS: November, 2004 (vol. 9 #2)
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ENEWS: A Monthly Forum for Sharing and Interchange
November, 2004 (vol. 9 #2)
Source: UCLA SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT/
CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS
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with enhancing policies, programs, and practices related to addressing
barriers to student
learning and to promoting mental health in schools. It augments the other
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WHAT'S HERE THIS MONTH
**Emerging Issue
>Policing in schools experiencing frequent violence
**News from Around the Country
**This Month's Focus for Schools to Address Barriers to Learning
>November - Responding to Referrals in Ways that Can "Stem the Tide"
**Recent Publications Relevant to
>Children's Mental and Physical Health
>Family, School & Community
>Policy, Systems, Law, Ethics, Finances & Statistics
**Upcoming Initiatives, Conferences & Workshops
**Calls for Grant Proposals, Presentations & Papers
**Updates from the two National Centers focusing on Mental Health in Schools
**Other Helpful Resources
**Training & Job opportunities (including fellowships and scholarships)
**Comments/Requests/Information/Questions from the Field
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**EMERGING ISSUE
>>>>>>>>Policing in schools experiencing frequent violence
On 10/19/04 the New York Times story "City Adapts a Police Strategy to
Violent Schools" noted 16 of New York City's most troubled schools were
"blending attention to detail with an influx of police officers, school
safety agents and other disciplinary and support staff." The story
indicates that preliminary data show a 40% decrease in major crime. It is
also stressed that reaction from those in the education community is mixed.
The following quotes are cited as examples:
"It always made sense to me that if you flood a school with law enforcement
resources, you should be able to reduce violence. The question is: What
does it cost, and what is the precise gain for every dollar spent?"
"Are we going to have police in the building forever? Somehow we have to
come out with an implementation plan and have a gradual decrease in police
presence. If we need police in the building, something is wrong with the
building."
"Things are better, but we're at a critical, fragile point. We've turned a
corner, but we're at the beginning of a long climb."
"The cry is that we don't have enough safety agents in school. Well, the
reality is we never will have that luxury, and that isn't the answer."
What do you think about all this? Concerns? Strategies?
Send your comments to ltaylor at ucla.edu.
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As the following quote indicates, Rushworth Kidder has already taken a
position:
"You could conceivably create the safest school in the world by installing
metal detectors, putting bars on the windows, and chains on the students'
legs. But at what cost? Instead, the most effective way to create a safe
school is by creating a climate that truly respects students and teaches
personal responsibility."
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**NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
*HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOLS
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Association of School
Nurses, with funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration,
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, engaged more than 300 professionals to
produce guidelines related to health, safety, nutrition, physical
education, environment, and family and community involvement. They have
just been put online at http://www.schoolhealth.org.
*NIH CONSENSUS ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION
A "state-of-the-science panel" has identified strengths and weaknesses in
the field of violence prevention research. Their consensus statement is
online at http://consensus.nih.gov. Their review of an extensive collection
of scientific literature is available at
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/adolvisum.htm.
*FDA PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY ON ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATIONS
The Food and Drug Administration has directed manufacturers of
antidepressant drugs to revise labeling of these products to include a
black box warning and an expanded warning statement that alert health care
providers to an increased risk of suicidality (suicidal thinking and
behavior) in children/adolescents treated with these agents; they are also
to include added info about the results of pediatric studies
(http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/antidepressants/SSRIPHA200410.htm)
*WIDER GAP FOUND BETWEEN WEALTHY AND POOR SCHOOLS
"State and local money account for more than 90 percent of all education
spending, but high poverty districts typically received $868 less per
student from those sources than their counterparts with relatively few poor
children did in 2002.... The disparities were significantly more stark in
some of the nation's more populous states.... In New York, the gap was
$2,040, the largest in the nation...." New York Times, 10/6/04.
*GOVERNORS SEEK TO LEAD HIGH SCHOOL REFORM EFFORTS
Virginia Governor, Mark Warner, the Chairman of the National Governors
Association launched a year long national initiative "Redesigning the
American High School." The reforms are intended to spur states to enact
system-wide reform that will make high school more engaging, rigorous and
relevant to the lives of America's youth. As part of the initiative, the
National Governors Association will conduct an online survey of high school
seniors nationwide to solicit their ideas on reform proposals.
(Http://www.nga.org)
Each week the Center highlights a newsworthy story online at --
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/whatsnew/newsitems.htm
Also, access other news stories relevant to mental health in schools
through the links at
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/whatsnew/linkstolatest.htm
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"We have a culture of detachment in our nation's schools...the
interpersonal relationships get lost. Another factor is our unrelenting
focus on the bottom line of academic productivity achievement
tests rather than doing what is necessary to engage kids well enough and
long enough so they are oriented toward long-term achievement.... We're
talking about bringing the soul back to the schools, a sense of
community. When you're a community, things happen. You start to see
concern for every child."
Robert Blum
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**MONTHLY FOCUS FOR SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO LEARNING
November - Responding to Referrals in Ways that Can "Stem the Tide"
Research from Norway documents seasonal variations in the concerns of
children and youth. Analyses of calls to a phone help-line found highest
frequencies of calls in November and in April. The authors suggest that
knowing that these months are high for help-seeking can lead to planning to
prevent, as well as to anticipate the influx. (See "A help-line for
children. Seasonal variations in issues" by G. Morken, et al, published in
Psychiatry Research (2004) 128(2) 191-197.)
In the first months of the school year, a supportive school will have taken
steps to welcome and provide social supports, to ensure that students have
made a good adjustment to school, and to address initial adjustment
problems as they arise. See the Center Resource Aid "Improving Teaching and
Learning Supports by Addressing the Rhythm of a Year" ideas for September
and October
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/rhythms.pdf.
Now come the referrals and the need to enhance of what takes place in the
classroom and at school to address problems as soon as they arise. The
online resources for "November Responding to Referrals in Ways that Can
"Stem the Tide" include:
>Improving the referral system, problem identification, triage processing,
directing students to resources, interventions to ensure referrals are
pursued, and care monitoring and management.
>Increasing staff understanding about the motivational bases for problems
>How classroom and school changes can minimize problems
>About "Talking with kids"
See the overview of monthly themes to anticipate and plan most effective
use of resources.. Http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/rhythms.pdf.
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Students' Seasonal Lament:
"I miss summer. I didn't mind too much in September and October, because I
could go out after my homework was done and see my friends. But then they
turned the clocks back and now it gets dark early. I can't go out at all! I
miss summer."
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**RECENT PUBLICATIONS (IN PRINT AND ON THE WEB)
*CHILDREN'S MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
>Recent research findings on aggressive and violent behavior in youth:
Implications for clinical assessment and intervention (2004) N. Rappaport &
C. Thomas, Journal of Adolescent Health, 35(4) 260-277.
>How stigma interferes with mental health care (2004) P. Corrigan,
American Psychologist, 59(7) 614-625.
>Preventing childhood obesity: Health in the balance (2005) J. Koplan, et
al. Institute of Medicine's Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children
and Youth, National Academies Press -- http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11015.html
>In the Journal of Adolescent Health, 35, (Nov. 2004) Online at:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science
>>Youth violence: Opportunities for intervention, C.E. Irwin, Jr., pp.
347-349
>>Predictors for emotionally distressed adolescents to receive mental
health care, C.M. Kodjo & P. Auinger, pp. 368-373
>>Youth violence perpetration: What protects? What predicts? Findings from
the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. M.D. Resnick, M.
Ireland & I. Borowsky, pp. 424-433
>>and more
>Advances in Child Welfare: Innovations in Child Protection, Adoption and
Foster Care (Nov., 2004). Entire issue of Children and Youth Services
Review, 26, Edited by I. Schwartz, D. Lindsey Online at:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science
See, for example, "Evidence-based treatments in child abuse and neglect"
(2004). M. Chaffin & B. Friedrich, Children and Youth Services Review, 26,
1097-1113.
>"Mental Health in Schools: A Shared Agenda" (2004) by H. Adelman & L.
Taylor, Emotional & Behavioral Disorders in Youth (2004) 4(3).
>Supporting vulnerable preschool children: Connecting the dots before
kindergarten (2004) M. Msall, Pediatrics, 114 (4) 1086.
>Predictors of outpatient mental health service use The role of foster
care placement change. S. James, et al. Mental Health Services Research
6(3) 127-141. Summarized at
http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/rtcpubs/datatrends/summary_106.pdf
>Practice and process in wraparound teamwork. (2004) J. Walker & K.
Schutte, Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 12(3) 182-192.
>Substance abuse treatment and family therapy, Treatment Improvement
Protocol #39. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(http://www.samhsa.gov)
>Meeting the needs of parents around the time of diagnosis of disability
among their children: Evaluation of a novel program for information,
support, and liaison by key workers (2004) J. Rahi & G. Hundt, Pediatrics,
114(4) 477-482.
>Behavioral and mental health problems in low-income children with special
health care needs. (2004) Arch. Psychiatric Nursing, 18(3) 79-87.
*FAMILY, SCHOOL & COMMUNITY
>Preschool approaches to learning and their relationship to other relevant
classroom competencies for low-income children (2004) J. Fantuzzo, et al,
School Psychology Quarterly, 19(3) 212-230.
>The Doubles: A case study on developing a technology-based substance
abuse education curriculum. (2004) J. Epstein, et al., Evaluation Review,
28(6) 539-563.
>Children of Immigrant Families (2004) Special issue of The Future of
Children, 14(2) (http://www.futureofchildren.org)
>The role of family and peer relations in adolescent antisocial behaviour:
comparison of four ethnic groups (2004) M. Dekovic, et al, Journal of
Adolescence, 27(5) 497-514.
>Parental involvement in homework: a review of current research and its
implications for teachers, after school program staff, and parent leaders
(2004) Family-School Partnership Lab, Vanderbilt University
(http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/research/homework.html)
>Parents can make a difference in long-term adolescent risk behaviors,
perceptions, and knowledge (2004) B. Stanton, et al, Archives of Pediatrics
and Adolescent Medicine, 158(10) 947-955.
>All students reaching the top: Strategies for closing the academic
achievement gaps (2004) A. Bennett, et al, North Central Regional
Educational Laboratory, http://www.ncrel.org/gap/studies/thetop.htm
>Passive versus active parental permission in school-based survey
research: Does the type of permission affect prevalence estimates of risk
behaviors? (2004) D. Eaton, et al, Evaluation Review 28(6) 564-577.
*POLICY, SYSTEMS, LAW, ETHICS, FINANCES & STATISTICS
>Locally tailored accountability: Building on your state system in the era
of NCLB (2004) E. Crane, et al, WestEd
(http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/750)
>Who's in charge here: The tangled web of school governance and policy
(2004) http://www.ecs.org/00CN2160
>No Child Left Behind Act: Additional assistance and research on effective
strategies would help small rural districts (2004) Government
Accountability Office (http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-909)
>Methodology of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (2004) N.
Brener, et al Morbidity and Mortality Report, 53, 1-13.
>Criminal neglect: Substance Abuse, Juvenile Justice and the children left
behind (2004) The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
(http://www.casacolumbia.org)
>Preventing HIV, STD, and Teen pregnancy in schools: Strengthening state
health and education agency partnerships (2004) Compiled by D.
Napp. (http://www.amchp.org/aboutamchp/publications/rsm%20report.pdf)
>Challenges and potential of a collaborative approach to education reform
(2004) S. Bodilly, et al. (Http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG216/)
>Cultural Competency: Measurement as a strategy for moving knowledge into
practice in state mental health systems (2004)
(http://www.nasmhpd.org/general_files/publications/cult%20comp.pdf)
>From the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org)
>Juvenile Arrests 2002, H. Snyder
>Trends in the murder of juveniles: 1980-2000, P. Harms & H. Snyder
>Disproportionate minority confinement: 2002 Update
>Collaboration and social inquiry: Multiple meanings of a construct and
its role in creating useful and valid knowledge (2004) E. Trickett & S.
Espino, American Journal of Community Psychology, 34(1) 1-69
Note: The Quick Find online Clearinghouse on our website at
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu is updated regularly with new reports and
publications such as those listed above. Currently there are over 100
alphabetized menu items with direct links to relevant Center materials and
to other online resources and related centers. Let us know about
publications and reports that should be included in this dedicated online
clearinghouse (ltaylor at ucla.edu).
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Establishing the science-base for all work in and with schools is
essential. At the same time, we must heed the cautions that keep being
issued. For example, Kimberly Hoagwood has warned:
"... the progression from effective treatments to their implementation and
dissemination into real world practice settings is through largely
uncharted scientific territory. Variables relevant to this progression
arise at multiple levels, including practitioner-related...service delivery
...organizational ...and systemic.... But these have yet to be studied with
any degree of seriousness. Until this happens, a healthy skepticism about
the relevance of evidence-based treatments is warranted."
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**UPCOMING INITIATIVES, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS
>Public Education Network, 11/13-16, Washington DC.
See http://www.publiceducation.org
>Back to School Family Institute, 11/18-19, Santa Fe, NM.
See http://www.cesdp.nmhu.edu/bts_bro.htm
>Family, School and Community Connections, 12/2, Cambridge, MA.
See http://www.sedl.org/connections/nc-events.html
>Interdisciplinary conference on Four Dimensions of Childhood: Brain,
Mind, Culture,
and Time. 2/11-13, Los Angeles, CA. See http://www.thefpr.org/conference2005
>National Student Assistance Conference, 2/26-28, Atlanta, GA (1-800-453-7733)
>National Youth-at-risk Conference, 3/6-9, Savannah, GA.
See http://www.nationalyouthatrisk.com
>Community Schools, 3/9-11, Chicago, IL.
See http://www.communityschools.org
>National Association of School Psychologists, 3/29-4/2, Atlanta, GA.
See http://www.nasponline.org/conventions/index.html
>National Association of Elementary School Principals, 4/15-19, Baltimore,
MD.
See http://www.naesp.org
>National School Boards Association, 4/16-19, San Diego, CA.
See http://www.nsba.org
>National Foster Parent Association, 5/9-14, Garden Grove, CA.
See http://www.nfpainc.org
>Pathways to Resilience, 6/15-17, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
See http://www.resilienceproject.org
>National School Nurse Association, 6/30-7/3, Washington, DC.
See http://www.nasn.org
For more conference announcements, refer to our website conference section at
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/upconf.htm.
If you want to list your conference, please email ltaylor at ucla.edu
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Powerpoint has its limitations:
"The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation 11/19/83
And now please welcome President Abraham Lincoln:
'Good morning. Just a second while I get this connection to work. Do I
press this button
here?.... Hold on a minute. Um, my name is Abe Lincoln and I'm your
president.... Gee
this new technology does have glitches, but we couldn't live without it,
could we? Oh
is it ready? OK, here we go: Summary:
>New nation
>Civil war
>Dedicate field
>Dedicated to unfinished work
>New birth of freedom
>Government not perish"
http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/sld006.htm
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**CALLS FOR GRANT PROPOSALS, PRESENTATIONS & Papers
>GRANTS
**See the electronic storefront for Federal Grants at http://www.grants.gov.
**If you want to Surf the Internet for Funds, go to the Quick Find topic
page on Financing and Funding at http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/qf/p1404_02.htm.
Some sites of particular interest:
>U. S. Department of Agriculture. See http://www.csrees.usda.gov
>>Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
announces the Children, Youth and Families at Risk grants, deadline 11/5/04.
>U. S. Department of Education. See http://www.ed.gov
>>Predoctoral/postdoctoral interdisciplinary research training in the
education sciences Deadline 11/18/04
>>Research on Education Finance, Leadership and Management (84.305E)
Deadline 12/16/04
>>Field Initiated Evaluation of Education Innovations (84.305F) Deadline
12/16/04/
>Fetal Alcohol Spectrums Disorders Center for Excellence.
See http://www.fasdcenter.com/rfp/Juvenile.cfm
>>Proposals to build capacity of local juvenile courts to develop and
implement policies and procedures to identify, diagnose, and treat
juveniles with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, deadline 11/23/04
>Red Cross Recovery Grants
>>RFA's in the area of Youth Recovery and Resilience. Funding is
available to support mental health services and resiliency programs for
children directly impacted or personally exposed to the events of 9/11;
training or support for the caring adults in their lives; and
collaborations or partnerships among services providers and specialized
centers capable of providing professional support for the detection and
treatment of children and youth affected by traumatic experiences.
For more information see: http://www.recoverygrants.org. (deadline 1/14/05)
>CALLS FOR PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS
>Child Welfare League of America inviting proposals to present at
Juvenile Justice National Symposium to be held 6/13/05. Deadline for
proposals is 11/8/04
http://www.cwla.org/conferences/2005jjsymposiumrfp.htm.
>International Resilience Project accepting abstracts for international
conference 6/15-17/05 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Deadline for
abstracts is 11/19/04.
Http://www.resilienceproject.org.
Note: If you want to Surf the Internet for Funds, go to the Quick Find
topic page on Financing and Funding at
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/qf/p1404_02.htm
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Student perspective: "I think we're being educated for failure. We learn
math in case the calculator fails. We learn to read in case the TV breaks,
and we learn to spell in case the computer's Spell-checker fails."
Aaron Bacall
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**UPDATES FROM THE TWO NATIONAL CENTERS FOCUSING ON MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS
^ ^ ^ Updates from our Center at UCLA
>>New Directions for Student Support Initiative
>New Brief: "New Directions for Student Support: Assuring No Child is
Left Behind." Anyone interested in moving in new directions is encouraged
to adapt this brief to fit local and state opportunities for strengthening
learning supports. Online at
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/assuringnochild.pdf
>Texas Summit in September was outstanding and follow-up in Texas and
other states where summits already have been held indicate steering groups
are up and running. State Briefs are being developed, and the work is being
shared at meetings around each state. Progress reports are online at
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/currentstatus.htm
>Planning and creating readiness continues for statewide summits for New
Directions for Student Support in Connecticut (November), New York (March),
and Iowa (April). Contact ltaylor at ucla.edu about these or about when a
summit can be planned for your state.
>>Revised materials and tools online We have made major revisions to our
surveys that are designed as a key tool in aiding work related to learning
supports and mental health in schools. This resource aid entitled
"Addressing Barriers to Learning: A Set of Surveys to Map What a School Has
and What it Needs" is designed to help map what is going on and to analyze
what needs improvement and where gaps exist. It also helps stimulate new
ways of thinking about supporting students, families and school staff.
There are surveys related to addressing system needs, school-community
connections, and 6 program areas (The six program areas are (1) classroom
focused, (2) crisis assistance and prevention, (3) support for transitions,
(4) home involvement in schooling, (5) student and family assistance, and
(6) community outreach.) Online at
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/Surveys/Set1.pdf
New Quick Find topics on the online clearinghouse.
Two new topics have been added to the menu:
>Autism >Homework
(The Quick Find online clearinghouse is organized by topics with over 100
and growing.This online feature has links relevant to each topic to
materials prepared by our Center, to other online reports and resources,
and to other Centers specializing in the topic. The Quick Finds are
updated regularly with new links. Let us know of relevant materials you
would like to see added to these topics or other topics you would like to
see added to the Quick Find menu.)
Featured article from the Center "Mental Health in Schools: A Shared
Agenda" in Emotional & Behavioral Disorders in Youth (2004) 4(3)
Linking with the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on School
Health The Center Co-directors received the Milton J. E. Senn Award in
recognition of their and the Center's achievements in the field of school
health. The section newsletter will have an article on the role of
pediatricians and school mental health in an upcoming edition.
For more information on the UCLA Center's activities contact:
Howard Adelman and Linda Taylor, Co-Directors
SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT/
CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS
UCLA Department of Psychology
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563
Phone (310) 825-3634; Toll Free (866) 846-4843; Fax (310) 206-8716
Email: smhp at ucla.edu
For more information go to the Center website: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu
^ ^ ^ FOR UPDATES FROM OUR SISTER CENTER
"Center for School Mental Health Assistance,"
see their website at http://csmha.umaryland.edu or contact Mark
Weist, Director, CSMHA, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Department of
Psychiatry, 680 W. Lexington St., 10th Floor, Baltimore, MD 31301.
Phone 888-706-0980. Email: csmh at umpsy.umaryland.edu.
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Teacher: Recess is over now, Edward. If you want a longer recess you'll
have to get elected to Congress."
Aaron Bacall
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**OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES
*Mental Health/Substance Abuse/Health
>Improving the Health of Adolescents & Young Adults: A Guide for State and
Communities at http://nahic.ucsf.edu/index.php/companion/index/
>Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention knowledge path,
http://www.mchlibrary.info/knowledgepaths/kp_adolpreg.html
>Genessee County Community Mental Health Prevention publications at
http://www.gencmh.org.
>Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma at
http://www.adscenter.org
>Smashed: Toxic Tales of Teens and Alcohol at http://www.radd.org
>National Wraparound Initiative at http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/nwi/
>National Registry of Effective Programs, SAMHSA
http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/template.cfm?page=default
>Evidence Based Implementation Resource Kits
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/communitysupport/toolkits/default.asp
>Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program Quality Report at
http://www.tecathsri.org/redir.asp?pcode=PN-52&where=tecnews&oid=0
*Parents, Schools, Communities
>National Association of Youth Service Consultants at http://www.NAYSC.org
>Education in the Age of Accountability at http://www.urban.org
>Home Visits. In Beginning Teachers' Tool Box at
http://www.inspiringteachers.com/articles/parents/home_visits.html
>Community Integration, Upenn Collaborative on Community Integration at
http://cmhpsr.med.upenn.edu/rrtc/
>New 3R's of Afterschool: remediation, resilience, relationships at
http://www.haan4kids.org/new3rs/
>Ideas and Tools for Working with Parents and Families
(http://www.casel.org/about_sel/SELhome.php)
>Starting Young: The Case for Investment in America's Kids
http://www.movingideas.org/issuesindepth/childdevelopment.html
>Healthy Learning Environments, ASCD Infobrief at
http://www.ascd.org/publications/infobrief/issue38.html
>What are your legal obligations regarding student sexual orientation,
National School Boards Association at
http://www.nsba.org/site/doc.asp?TRACKID=&CID=90&DID=34611
Note: for access to a wide range of relevant websites, see our Gateway to a
World of Resources at http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu
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**TRAINING AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES
<Intervention Facilitator>
UCLA-NPI Center for Community Health, NIDA funded grand. Facilitation of
training sessions with runaway/homeless youth. Send resume to
cchemployment at mednet.ucla.edu, include job title (intervention Facilitator)
in the subject line of the email.
<School Nurse>
Guadalupe Union School District, Guadalupe, CA. Contact jingusd at sbceo.org.
San Juan Unified School District, San Juan Bautista, CA. Contact
cdodge at sanjuan.edu.
<Child Psychologist>
Texas Children' Hospital, Learning Support Center. For on preschool and
developmental delays. Contact K. Krull, Learning Support Center, Texas
Children's Hospital, 6621 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77030.
<Fellowships>
Doctoral program in School Psychology or Special Education, Michigan State
University, grant "Interdisciplinary Leadership Training in Evidence-based
Interventions and Prevention Programs for Children Exhibiting Disruptive
Behaviors." Applications due 12/15/04.
See http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/CEPSE/sped/PhD/psychgrant.html
<Predoctoral Intenship>
The Centennial School of Lehigh University Predoctoral Internship in
Professional Psychology. An alternative day school for youth ages 6-21 with
emotional and behavioral disorders. Contact M. Roberts at mlr6 at lehigh.edu
by 11/15/04.
<Faculty>
School Psychology program, Department of Educational Psychology, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Contact J. Kranzler, 125 Norman Hall, POB
117043, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7043 by 12/10/04.
<Faculty>
Department of Psychology and Research in Education, University of Kansas,
School of Education. Contact S. Lee, 621 Pearson Hall, 1122 West Campus
RD., Lawrence, KS, 66045 by 12/10/04.
<Faculty>
Department of Psychology, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA.
Specialization in school, developmental, or organizational psychology.
Doctorate required. Contact W. Cochran, Department of Psychology,
Bloomsburg University, 400 East Second St., Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301.
Apply by 11/30/04.
<Faculty>
Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, Curry School of Education,
University of Virginia. See http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/clinpsych/
<Faculty>
School Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New
York. Contact phelps at buffalo.edu by 12/15/04.
<staff psychologist>
Staff psychology position in child and adolescent school based clinics in
the Department of Psychiatry. Academic appointment at a rank determined
by criteria of Harvard Medical School. Send letter of interest, CV, and
three letters of reference to: Deborah Weidner, MD, Division of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. Fax:
617-665-1973. Email: Dweidner at challiance.org.
For more information on employment opportunities, see
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu. Go to contents, scroll down to jobs. Following
the listing of current openings, you will see links to HRSA, SAMHSA, and
other relevant job sites.
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Why did you get such a low grade on the test?
Absenteeism
But you weren't absent on the day of the test.
No but the kid who sits next to me was!
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**Comments/Requests/Info/Questions from the field
> Sharing information on "proven programs"
"We have an empirically-tested prevention program the Achieving Behaving
Caring Program. We fit best under the Quick Find topic prevention for
students at risk. Ours is a parent-teacher intervention. One of our
outcomes is parent engagement in student learning. See
http://www.uvm.edu/sro/"
>Community response to disaster
"Our school-community collaborative focused this year on our
Collaborative's response to a devastating wild fire. Over 700 homes were
lost in our rural community, about 104 of our district students lost their
homes. After experiencing this, we thought it was so important to spread
the word about the importance of having school resource centers in place so
that students could come back to school promptly, ready to learn, and
receive support services in the face of any disaster. We have an article
that describes our work. Contact currentchange at aol.com."
>Responses to last month's emerging issue: Are categorical approaches
undermining efforts to create effective systems for schools to address
overlapping psychosocial and mental health problems?
>>>>"Thought I would put something out to you concerning categorical
services. This is a very complicated issue. It would be wonderful for each
child to receive an individualized assessment and subsequent program.
Unfortunately, the resources to provide this type of service are not
available to schools nor communities. Given limited resources how does one
assure in a non-categorical model that children needing service get those
services? On the other side of the coin, the categorical services currently
being provided do not result in acceptable outcomes for this group of
students."
>>>>"Some change is clearly needed. Perhaps it would be good to
distinguish clearly between medical labeling and educational labeling. I
have not seen a comprehensive look at how these two system can compliment
each other."
>Response to issue about learning support efforts and test scores: "I
think what administrators want are more concrete studies that show an
experimental group vs control group difference in test scores. A group that
provides support vs a group that does not, in multiple environments, that
directly compare to their own environment. I also think that school
administrators listen to each other more than they do 'Mental Health
People.' I think we need to recruit administrators who believe in our
message, to send this message to other administrators."
THIS IS THE END OF THIS ISSUE OF ENEWS
Below is a brief description of our Center at UCLA For more see our website
at http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu.
Who Are We?
Under the auspices of the School Mental Health Project in the Department of
Psychology at UCLA we established a Center for Mental Health in Schools
in1995. The Project and Center are co-directed by Howard Adelman and Linda
Taylor. The UCLA Center is one of two national centers funded in
October,1995, by the Office of Adolescent Health, Maternal and Child Health
Bureau(Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services
Administration(Project #U93MC00175). Both Centers were refunded in October,
2000, for a 5year cycle with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration's Center for Mental Health Services joining HRSA as a
co-funder. As sister Centers, the Center at UCLA and the one at the
University of Maryland provide support (training and technical assistance)
for mental health and psychosocial concerns in schools.
Our group at UCLA approaches mental health concerns from the broad
perspective of addressing barriers to learning and promoting healthy
development. Activities include gathering and disseminating information,
materials, development, direct assistance, and facilitating networking and
exchanges of ideas. We demonstrate the catalytic use of technical
assistance, internet publications, resource materials, and regional and
national meetings to stimulate interest in program and systemic change.
Specific attention is given to policies and strategies that can (a) counter
fragmentation and enhance collaboration between school and community
programs, and (b) counter the marginalization of mental health in schools.
Center staff are involved in model development and implementation, training
and technical assistance, and policy analysis.We focus on interventions and
range from systems for healthy development and problem prevention through
treatment for severe problems and stress the importance of school
improvement and systemic change. There is an emphasis on enhancing
collaborative activity that braids together school and community resources.
The Center works to enhance net work building for program expansion and
systemic change and does catalytic training to stimulate interest in such
activity. We connect with major initiatives of foundations, associations,
governmental, and school and mental health departments.
Evaluations indicate the Center has had considerable impact in
strengthening the network of professionals advancing the field of mental
health in schools and in changing policies and practices.
For more information about the Center or about ENEWS, contact Center
Coordinator Perry Nelson or Center Co-Directors Howard Adelman and Linda
Taylor at:
UCLA School Mental Health Project/Center for Mental Health in Schools
Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563
Phone (310) 825-3634; Toll Free (866) 846-4843; Fax (310) 206-8716
email: smhp at ucla.edu; Website: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu
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