TOPIC: Student and Family Assistance Programs and Services-Outcomes

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Center Developed Documents, Resources, and Tools

Technical Assistance Sampler
From: A Sampling of Outcome Findings from Interventions Relevant to Addressing Barriers to Learning

• School-Linked Projects and Services
• School-Owned and/or Based Support Programs

Center Policy & Program Analysis Briefs and Notes

• Schools as Caring, Learning Communities: A Center Practice Brief

Resource Aid Packets & Tools

• Student and Family Assistance Programs and Services: A Self-study Survey in: Addressing Barriers to Learning: A Set of Surveys to Map What a School Has and What It Needs

Newsletter Article

• School-Linked Services and Beyond
• Rethinking How Schools Address Student Misbehavior & Disengagement (Newsletter)
• Concerns = Opportunities: Addressing Student Disengagement, Acting Out, and Dropouts by Moving in New Directions (Newsletter)
• Youth Suicide/Depressiong/Violence

Guides

• Common Psychosocial Problems of School Aged Youth: Development Variations, Problems, Disorders and Perspectives for Prevention and Treatment (Guidebook)
• School Helping Students Deal with Loss
• Developing Systems at a School for Problem Identification, Triage, Referral, and Management of Care (Practice Notes)
• Involving Parents in Counseling (Practice Notes)

Quickfind

• School-Linked Services

Training

• Students & Family Assistance Programs & Services to Address Barriers to Learning
• Case Management in the School Context (Quick Training Aid)
• School Intervenitons to Prevent and Respond to Adolescent Affect and Mood Problems (Quick Training Aid)

Publications

• Enlisting Appropriate Parental Cooperation and Involvement in Children's Mental Health Treatment

• Practical evaluation for collaborative services : goals, processes, tools, and reporting systems for school-based programs. Veale, James R. Corwin Press. Thousand Oaks, CA.: 2002
• School-based health centers and Nurse-managed health centers. Edited by Judith Scully, Diana Hackbarth and Barbara Rideout. Nursing clinics of North America, v. 40, no. 4. Saunders. Philadelphia, PA: 2005
• Mental Health Handbook for Schools. Atkinson, Mary. 2002.
• Group Intervention in Schools: Promoting Mental Health for At-Risk Children and Youth. Harping, Elaine. 2008
• Transforming School Mental Health Services: Population-Based Approaches to Promoting the Competency and Wellness of Children. Doll, Elizabeth and Cummings, Jack. 2007
• Evidence Based Practice in School Mental Health. Raines, James. 2008

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