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- The Center for
Effective Collaboration and Practice has resources on improving
services to children and youth with emotional and behavioral problems.
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- Center for Mental Health in Schools
approaches mental health and psychosocial concerns from the broad perspective of addressing barriers
to learning and promoting healthy development. Its mission is to improve outcomes for young people
by enhancing policies, programs, and practices relevant to mental health in schools.
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- Center for the Research on the
Education of Students Placed at Risk is a research and development center, that has launched an
important comprehensive school initiative designed to enhance the achievement, academic
environment, and quality of life for students, teachers, and parents. Site includes descriptions
of current research projects. CRESPAR at Howard University and John Hopkins University
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- Center for Social & Emotional Education brings together the
fields of education, medicine, child development, research
science and human behavior, to focus on the many ways that we
can promote social and emotional learning and literacy in
pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade children.
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- Center for School Mental Health
provides leadership and technical assistance to advance effective interdisciplinary
school-based mental health programs. It strives to support schools and community collaboratives in
the development of programs that are accessible, family-centered, culturally sensitive, and
responsive to local needs.
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- Children and Family Futures is a non-profit firm providing technical assistance and training, strategic planning, evaluation and development of effectiveness measures. We provide services to government agencies, community based organizations, and schools.
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- Children Now is a nonpartisan,
independent voice for children, working to translate the nation's commitment to children and
families into action. Children Now uses communications strategies to reach parents, lawmakers, citizens, business,
media and community leaders, creating attention and generating positive change on behalf of
children.
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- Children's Safety Network provides resources and technical assistance to maternal and
child health agencies and other organizations seeking to reduce unintentional
injuries and violence to children and adolescents.
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- Coalition for Community Schools works toward improving education and
helping students learn and grow while
supporting and strengthening their families
and communities.
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- Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning 's mission is to establish social and emotional learning (SEL) as an integral part of education from preschool through high school.
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- Developmental Research & Programs was
founded in 1984 to translate current research findings into
programs and services for promoting the healthy
development of children and families in communities. DRP
is a pioneer in using the principles of prevention science to
guide the development of programs and tools that help
families, schools and communities ensure positive outcomes
for children
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- Education Development Center seeks to bring researchers and practicioners together to create tools and conditions for learning, reaching people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.
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- Georgetown University Child Development Center was established
over four decades ago to improve the quality of life for all children and youth,
especially those with, or at risk for, special needs and their families. Located in the Nation's capital, the CDC is the only center that serves both
vulnerable children and their families as well as influences local, national, and
international programs and policy.
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- Hamilton Fish National Institute on School and Community Violence was founded in 1997 to
serve as a national resource to test the effectiveness of school
violence prevention methods and to develop more effective strategies.
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- Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention provides support
to all institutions of higher education in their efforts to address alcohol and other drug
problems and is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
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- Institute for Educational Leadership aims to
improve education -- and the lives of children and their
families -- through positive and visionary change.
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- Institute for the Study of Students At Risk serves as a center for research and policy analysis on broad-based issues and concerns involving children, youth, and their families at risk. Site includes brief descriptions of projects and publications.
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- Konopka Institute for Best Practices in Adolescent Health
promotes the adoption and adaptation of strategies‚ policies and
systems that show the greatest promise of supporting healthy youth development.
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- Light for Life Foundation-Yellow Ribbon Program is a suicide prevention program with chapters around the world, presenting workshops and support for teens in trouble.
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- National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention provides training and technical assistance for more than 160 Federally funded projects that engage school districts, mental health centers, community agencies, and Native American tribes who are working to promote mental health and prevent youth violence among children, youth, their families, and other adults. A core belief of the Center is that people’s lives can be enhanced through effective programs that foster healthy development and resiliency for individuals, families, and communities.
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- National Mental Health and Education Center works to provide support for children and families and improve the professional training and practices of school psychologists and pupil service providers. It is dedicated to ensuring children receive the optimum services in their schools and communities.
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- National Network for Youth is dedicated to ensuring that
young people can be safe and lead healthy and productive lives. The
National Network informs public policy, educates the public and strengthens the field of
youth work.
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- National Resource Center for Infants and Toddlers with Special Health Care Needs and Their Families'
aim is to strengthen and support families, practitioners and
communities to promote the healthy
development of babies and toddlers.
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- National Resource Center for Safe Schools works with schools, communities, state and local
education agencies, and other concerned
individuals and agencies to create safe learning
environments and prevent school violence.
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- National School Safety Center aims to serve as a catalyst and advocate for the prevention of school crime and violence by providing information and
resources and identifying strategies and promising programs which support safe schools for school children
worldwide.
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- National Youth Gang Center expands and maintains the body
of critical knowledge about youth gangs and effective
responses to them.
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- North Carolina Center for the Prevention of School Violence serves as a primary point of contact for
dealing with the problem of school violence. The Center focuses on
ensuring that schools are safe and secure so that every student is able to
attend a school that is safe and secure, one that is free of fear and conducive
to learning.
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- Partnership for a Drug Free America is a private
non-profit, non-partisan coalition of professionals from the
communications industry. Our mission is to reduce demand for illicit
drugs in America through media communication.
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- Policy Leadership Cadre for Mental Health in Schools seeks to expand, link, and build the capacity of the pool of persons who provide policy leadership for MH in schools at national, state, regional, and local levels.
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- Prevention Research Center aims to promote the well-being of children and youth and to reduce the prevalence of high-risk behaviors and poor outcomes in children, families and communities.
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- Primary Mental Health Project Inc. ensures that children
experience success in school and in life. The prevention programs and interventions
we develop, evaluate, and distribute enhance children’s social and emotional
adjustment and strengthen their adaptive skills.
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- Regional Resource & Federal Centers (RRFC) Network supports a nationwide technical assistance network to
respond to the needs of students with disabilities, especially students
from under-represented populations. The FRC provides a national
perspective for establishing technical assistance activities within and
across regions by identifying and synthesizing emerging issues and
trends.
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- Safe Schools/Healthy Students Action Center assists and supports the Safe Schools/Healthy
Students and School Action Grantees in the development and sustainability of peaceful
and healthy communities.
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- School Health Resources Services is a network of services designed as a coordinating link between you and the information available from school health, maternal and child health, education and other disciplines. SHRS provides you with technical information, resource materials, and research assistance.
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- School Psychology Resources On-line is a directory of information available on the web for school psychologists, school counselors, teachers, parents, and other professionals.
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- The School of the 21st Century is a national school-based
or school-linked program providing early care, education, and family support services.
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- The Yale Bush Center in Child Development
and Social Policy aims to to bring research-based knowledge of child development to the federal and state
policy arenas in an effort to improve social policy affecting the lives of children and families.
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