Handbook of school mental health : advancing practice and research / edited by Mark D. Weist, Steven W. Evans, and Nancy A. Lever.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weist, Mark D.

Evans, Steven W.

Lever, Nancy A.

Series:

Issues in clinical child psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School children--Mental health services--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

School children.

School psychology--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

School psychology.

Clinical psychology--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Clinical psychology.

School children--Mental health services.

United States.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xv, 386 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2003]

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: Advancing Mental Health Practice and Research in Schools / Mark D. Weist, Steven W. Evans, Nancy A. Lever 1

Part I. Background, Policy, and Advocacy 9

Chapter 2. History of School-Based Mental Health Services in the United States / Lois T. Flaherty, David Osher 11

Chapter 3. Toward a Comprehensive Policy Vision for Mental Health in Schools / Howard S. Adelman, Linda Taylor 23

Chapter 4. Effective Advocacy for School-Based Mental Health Programs / Kathy HoganBruen, Caroline Clauss-Ehlers, David Nelson, Michael M. Faenza 45

Chapter 5. Mobilizing Research to Inform a School Mental Health Initiative: Blatimore's School Mental Health Outcomes Group / Eric J. Bruns, Christine Walrath, Marcia Glass-Siegel, Mark D. Weist 61

Chapter 6. Overcoming the Challenges of Funding School Mental Health Programs / Steven W. Evans, Marcia Glass-Siegel, Alicia Frank, Ron Van Treuren, Nancy A. Lever, Mark D. Weist 73

Part II. Enhancing Collaborative Approaches 87

Chapter 7. Mental Health in Schools: Programs of the Federal Government / Trina Menden Anglin 89

Chapter 8. Enhancing Collaboration within and across Disciplines to Advance Mental Health Programs in Schools / Nancy Rappaport, David Osher, Ellen Greenberg Garrison, Corinne Anderson-Ketchmark, Kevin Dwyer 107

Chapter 9. The Community Schools Approach: Improving Student Learning, Strengthening Families and Communities / Martin J. Blank, Jane Quinn, Hayin Kim 119

Chapter 10. Partnering with Families in Expanded School Mental Health Programs / Jennifer Axelrod Lowie, Nancy A. Lever, Melissa G. Ambrose, Susan B. Tager, Susan Hill 135

Chapter 11. System, Agency, and Stakeholder Collaboration to Advance Mental Health Programs in Schools / Nancy A. Lever, Steve Adelsheim, Christine A. Prodente, Kristin V. Christodulu, Melissa G. Ambrose, John Schlitt, Mark D. Weist 149

Part III. School Mental Health in Context 163

Chapter 12. School-Based Mental Health Services in Urban Communities / Marc S. Atkins, Stacy L. Frazier, Jaleel Abdul Adil, Elizabeth Talbott 165

Chapter 13. The Mental Health for Immigrants Program: Program Design and Participatory Research in the Real World / Bradley D. Stein, Sheryl Kataoka, Lisa Jaycox, Erika M. Steiger, Marleen Wong, Arlene Fink, Pia Escudero, Catalina Zaragoza 179

Chapter 14. School-Based Mental Health on a United States Army Installation / Michael E. Faran, Mark D. Weist, Albert Y. Saito, Linda Yoshikami, Jeffrey W. Weiser, Bjarne Kaer 191

Chapter 15. Serving the Most Severe of Serious Emotionally Disturbed Students in School Settings / Joseph E. Nyre, Eric M. Vernberg, Michael C. Roberts 203

Chapter 16. Children with Special Health Care Needs in School: Responding to the Challenge through Comprehensive School-Based Health Care / Cindy M. Schaeffer, Mark D. Weist, Jane W. McGrath 223

Part IV. Moving toward Best Practice 237

Chapter 17. School Mental Health in Systems of Care / Philip J. Leaf, David Schultz, Laurel J. Kiser, David B. Pruitt 239

Chapter 18. Training for Effective Practice in the Schools / Thomas J. Power, Patricia H. Manz, Stephen S. Leff 257

Chapter 19. Continuous Quality Improvement and Evaluation of Expanded School Mental Health Programs / Laura A. Nabors, Heather D. Lehmkuhl, Mark D. Weist 275

Chapter 20. Strength-Based Approaches to Assessment in Schools / Michael H. Epstein, Mark K. Harniss, Vestena Robbins, Linda Wheeler, Shelly Cyrulik, Michaela Kriz, J. Ron Nelson 285

Chapter 21. Facilitating the Implementation of Evidence-Based Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Efforts in Schools / Patricia A. Graczyk, Celene E. Domitrovich, Joseph E. Zins 301

Part V. Cross-Cutting Issues 319

Chapter 22. Preventing and Addressing Crises and Violence-Related Problems in Schools / Mary Margaret Kerr 321

Chapter 23. Achieving Generalization in School-Based Mental Health / Steven W. Evans, Joshua Langberg, Jeff Williams 335

Chapter 24. Cultural Sensitivity, Relevance, and Competence in School Mental Health / Matthew R. Mock 349

Chapter 25. Addressing Unique Ethical and Legal Challenges in Expanded School Mental Health / Christine A. Prodente, Mark A. Sander, Chandra Grabill, Marcia Rubin, Nadine Schwab 363.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0306473372

OCLC:

50079597