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I. Systemic concerns       A. Policy Issues & Research Base

1. The Concept of MH in Schools About Mental Health in Schools (Introductory Packet, 4/02) Mental Health in Schools: Guidelines, Models, Resources & Policy Considerations Comprehensive & Multifaceted Guidelines for Mental Health in Schools Mechanisms for Delivering MH in Schools New Directions for School & Community Initiatives to Address Barriers to Learning: Two Examples of White Papers to Inform and Guide Policy Makers (Center Report, 2/02) Toward a comprehensive policy vision for mental health in schools Advancing mental health in schools: Guiding frameworks and strategic approaches Mental health in schools: Moving forward Mental health in the schools: Promising directions for practice Mental Health in Schools: Emerging Trends. The Maternal and Child Health Bureau's Initiative for Mental Health in Schools Mental Health of Children and Youth: The Important Role of Primary Care Health Professionals (Center Brief Report 1/04) Mental Health of Children and Youth and the Role of Public Health Professionals (Center Brief Report 1/04) Mental Health in Schools: Reflection ons on the Past, Present, and Future (Center Report 8/04) A Strategic and Shared Agenda to Advance Mental Health in Schools through Family and System Partnerships (Article, 2002) Resources for Planning Mental Health in Schools (Fact Sheet) Another Initiative? Where Does it Fit? A Unifying Framework and an Integrated Infrastructure for Schools to Address Barriers to Learning and Promote Healthy Development (Center Report 7/05) Frequently Asked Questions About Mental Health in Schools (Info Sheet, 10/05) Working in Schools: Q and A (Newsletter Winter '06) New Directions for Student Supports: Some Resources (Info Sheet) Mental Health in Schools: A Shared Agenda (Article, 2004)             2. Addressing Barriers to Student Learning Fundamental Concerns About Policy for Addressing Barriers to Student Learning (Article, 1999) Addressing Barriers to Learning: Closing Gaps in Policy & Practice (Newsletter Summer, ‘97) Thinking About and Accessing Policy Related to Addressing Barriers to Learning (TA Sampler, 2/98) Early Development and Learning from the Perspective of Addressing Barriers (Intro Packet, 5/01) Early Development and School Readiness from the Perspective of Addressing Barriers to Learning (Center Brief, 11/01) Mental health in schools: A federal initiative (Article,1999) Reports from the Coalition for Cohesive Policy in Addressing Barriers to Development and Learning The Coalition's Organizing Framework (5/98) Initial Tasks and Guiding Frameworks (5/99 ) The Policy Problem and a Resolution to Guide Organizations Working toward Policy Cohesion (10/99) Proposal for Policy Legislation: Restructuring Student Support Resources & Enhancing Their Connection with Community Resources (8/00), Natural Opportunities to Promote Social-Emotional Learning and MH (Newsletter article, Fall, '03) Addressing Barriers to Leanring: A Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health in Schools (Continuing Education Module, 9/03) Natual Opportunities to Promote Social-Emotional Learning and MH (Practice Notes, 11/05) Common Behavior Problems at School: A Natural Opportunity for Social and Emotional Learning (Practice Notes, 11/05) Some Base Line Data on School Mental Health Services (Tools for Practice, 11/05) Addressing Barriers to Learning and Closing the Achievement Gap: New Directions for Student Support (Presentation - Slides & Scripts)             3. MH in Schools & School Reform and Restructuring Reframing mental health in schools and expanding school reform (Article, 1998) Mental Health in Schools and System Restructuring (Article, 1999) Looking at School Health and School Reform Policy Through the Lens of Addressing Barriers to Learning(Article, 2000) Shaping the Future of Mental Health in Schools (Article,2000) Promoting mental health in schools in the midst of school reform (Article, 2000) Toward ending the marginalization of mental health in schools (Article, 2000) Commentary: How school reform is failing to address barriers to learning (Center paper, 7/98) Expanded School Reform (Newsletter article, Spring, `99) Moving Prevention From the Fringes Into the Fabric of School Improvement (Article, 2000) Policies and Practices for Addressing Barriers to Learning: Current Status and New Directions (Center Report, Oct `96) Policies and Practices for Addressing Barriers to Student Learning: Current Status and New Directions (Newsletter article, Fall, `96) Open Letter to the Secretary of Education (Newsletter Article, Summer, '98) Denying Social Promotion Obligates Schools to Do More to Address Barriers to Learning (Newsletter article, Fall, `98) Opening the Classroom Door (Newsletter article, Spring, `01) School Counselors and School Reform: New Directions (Article, 2002) Rethinking School Psychology (Commentary on Public Health Framework Series)(Article, 2003) Integrating Agendas for Mental Health in Schools into the Recommendations of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (Newsletter Article, Winter '04) Revisiting Learning & Behavior Problems: Moving Schools Forward Resource Synthesis to Help Integrate Mental Health in Schools into the Recommendations of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (Resource Aid, 3/04) Integrating Agenda for Mental Heath in Schools into the Recommendations of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (Center Brief Report, 3/04) Gap Analysis of the Resource Synthesis Related to Integrating Mental Health in Schools into the Recommendations of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (Center Brief Report, 4/04) Mental Health in Urban Schools (Article, 2004) School Improvement Planning: What's Missing? (Policy Analysis Report, 2005) Five Freqently Asked Questions About: Why Address What's Missing in School Improvement Planning? (Talking Points, 2005) Data Related to the Need for New Directions for School Improvement (Info Sheet, 2006) Costs of Not Addressing Barriers to Learning (Info Sheet, 2006) Pursuing Opportunities for Moving Practively from the Margins into the Mainstream of School Improvement (Guidance Notes, 07/06) Building Collaboration for Mental Health Services in California Schools: What will be Built? (Center Policy Brief, 08/06) Diffusion of Innovations and Science-Based Practices to Address Barriers to Learning & Improve Schools: A Series of Information Resources on Enabling System Change Change Agent Mechanisms for School Improvement: Infrastructure not Individuals Systemic Change for School Improvement Some Key References Related to Enabling System Change Some Key Terms Related to Enabling System Change Brief Overview of Major Concepts from E.M. Rogers' Work on Diffusion of Innovations Policy Implications for Advancing Systemic Change for School Improvement             4. Research Base Sampling of Outcome Findings from Interventions Relevant to Addressing Barriers to Learning (Technical Assistance Sampler, 7/04) Addressing Barriers to Student Learning & Promoting Healthy Development: A Usable Research-Base(Center Brief, 8/04) * Addressing Barriers to Learning & Promoting Healthy Development: Usable Research-Base (Newsletter article, Fall,`00) Education reform and the demands for an evidence-base and results (Article, 2002). Where to Access Statistical Information Relevant to Addressing Barriers to Learning: An Annotated Reference List(Resource Aid Packet 8/98) Youngsters' Mental Health and Psychosocial Problems: What are the Data? (Center Report 12/03) On Understanding Intervention in Psychology and Education (Continuing Educatin Module 7/04)) About Empirically-supported Practices             5. Rethinking Student Support Restructuring Boards of Education to Enhance Schools' Effectiveness in Addressing Barriers to Student Learning (Center Report, Sept. `98) New Directions in Enhancing Educational Results: Policymakers' Guide to Restructuring Student Support Resources to Address Barriers to Learning(Guide to practice, 1/99) Expanding Educational Reform to Address Barriers to Learning: Restructuring Student Support Services and Enhancing School-Community Partnerships (Center Report, Oct.`99) Framing New Directions for School Counselors, Psychologists, & Social Workers (Center Report, Mar ‘01) Connecting Counseling, Psychological, & Social Support Programs to School Reform (Newsletter article, Winter, `00) * Reports from the Policy Leadership Cadre for Mental Health in Schools Expanding Policy Leadership for Mental Health in Schools (7/99 – Policy Issues and Strategies) Report from the Regional Conferences(5/00) Mental Health in Schools: Guidelines, Models, Resources & Policy Considerations (5/01) So you want higher achievement scores? It's time to rethink learning supports (Article, 2002) New Directions for Student Support: Some Fundamentals Reports from the Summit on New Directions for Student Support A Center Report Executive Summary on the Summit on New Directions for Student Support A Center Report on the Summit on New Directions for Student Support Rethinking Student Support to Enable Students to Learn and Schools to Teach (Resource Aid, 2005) Where's it Happening? New Directions for Student Support Summit on New Directions for Student Support (Newsletter Article, Fall 2002) New Directions: Where's it Happening? (Newsletter Article, Summer, 2003) Complex Problems, Limited Solutions (Newsletter Article, Summer 2005) Should Policy Specify a Formal Role for Schools Related to Mental Health (Center Policy Issue, 9/05) Report from the Texas Leadership Institute for Mental Health in Schools (Center Report, 10/05) An Initial Look at Texas Policy Related to Mental Health in Schools (Center Policy Report, 10/05) The Current Status of Mental Health in Schools: A Policy and Practice Analysis (Center Policy Report, 3/06) Grade Retention: What's the Prevailing Policy and What Needs to be Done? (A Center Policy & Practice Analysis Brief, 7/06) Preschool Programs: A Synthesis of Current Policy Issues (A Center Policy & Practice Analysis Brief, 7/06) New Directions for Student Support (Presentation - Slides & Scripts)             6. Integrating School and Community A Policy and Practice Framework to Guide School-Community Connections (Article, 1998) Addressing Barriers to Student Learning: Closing Gaps in School/Community Policy and Practice (Center Report, Sept ‘97) Impediments to Enhancing Availability of Mental Health Services in Schools: Fragmentation, Overspecialization, Counterproductive Competition, and Marginalization.(Article, 2002) Integrating Mental Health in Schools: Schools, School-Based Centers, and Community Programs Working Together (Center Brief, 12/00)* Creating School and Community Partnerships for Substance Abuse Prevention Programs. (Article, 2002) School-Community Relations: Policy and Practice. (Article, 2003) Safe Students/Health Schools: A Collaborative Process (Newsletter article, Spring, 2003) Mental Health of Children and Youth and the Role of Public Health Professionals (Center Brief Report, 1/04) Want to Work with Schools? What is Invovled in Successful Linkages? (Article, 2006) Mental Health in Schools and Public Health (Article, 2006) School and Community Collaboration to Promote a Safe Learning Environment (Article, 2006)

I. Systemic concerns       B. Systemic Changes & Enhancing and Sustaining Systems/Programs/Services

1. Collaborative Teams Working Collaboratively: From School-Based Teams to School -Community-Higher Education Connections (Introductory Packet, 4/97) Resource-Oriented Teams: Key Infrastructure Mechanisms for Enhancing Education Supports (Center Report, Mar `01) Establishing school-based collaborative teams to coordinate resources: A case study (Article, 1997) Involving teachers in collaborative efforts to better address barriers to student learning (Article, 1998)             2. Mapping and Analyzing Resources Addressing Barriers to Learning: A Set of Surveys to Map What a School Has and What It Needs (Resource Aid Packet, updated 8/98) Resource Mapping and Management to Address Barriers to Learning: An Intervention for Systemic Change (Technical Aid Packet, 3/02) Mapping a School's Resources to Improve their Use in Preventing and ameliorating Problems (Article, 2006) Developing Systems at a School for Problem Identification, Triage, Referral, and Management of Care (Practice Notes , 11/05)             3. School-Community-Family Connections School-Community Partnerships: A Guide (updated 9/02) Connecting Schools, Families, and Communities(Article, 2000) School Community Partnerships from the School's Perspective (Newsletter article, Winter ‘99) Community Outreach: School-Community Resources to Address Barriers to Learning (Training Tutorial, 2/02) School-community relations: Policy and practice (Chapter, in press) Creating school and community partnerships for substance abuse prevention programs (Article, in press) Organization Facilitators: A Key Change Agent for Systemic School and Community Changes (Center Report, Oct. '06) Commentary: Advancing Mental Health Science and Practice Through Authentic Collaboration (Article, 2003) Guide 7: Fostering School, Family, and Community Involvement. Guidebook in series, Safe and Secure: Guides to Creating Safer Schools. Developed by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. (Article, 2002) Making MOUs Meaningful (Practice Notes, 11/05) School-Community Collaboration: A Self-study Survey (Tools for Practice, 11/05) Creating Caring Schools (Article, 2005) Schools as Caring, Learning Communities: A Center Practice Brief (Center Brief, 2006)             4. Restructuring Student Support Programs School-Linked Services and Beyond (Newsletter Article, Spring, '96) Restructuring Education Support Services: Toward the Concept of an Enabling Component (Monograph,1996) Restructuring education support services and integrating community resources: Beyond the full service school model (Article, 1996) System reform to address barriers to learning: Beyond school-linked services and full service schools (Article, 1997) Pioneer Initiatives to Reform Education Support Programs (Center Report 6/00) Full Report: Pioneer Initiatives to Reform Education Support Programs Executive Summary: Pioneer Initiatives to Reform Education Support Programs Materials from: Pioneer Initiatives to Reform Education Support Programs New Directions in Enhancing Educational Results: Policymakers' Guide to Restructuring Student Support Resources to Address Barriers to Learning (Guide to practice, 1/99) Organization Facilitators: A Key Change Agent for Systemic School and Community Changes (Center Report, Feb. `01) Lessons learned from working with a district's mental health unit (Article, 2002) Addressing What's Missing in School Improvement Planning: Expanding Standards and Accountability to Encompass an Enabling or Learning Supports Component Summit on New Directions for Student Support (Center Report 11/02) Full Report: Summit on New Directions for Student Support Executive Summary: Summit on New Directions for Student Support Rethinking Student Support to Enable Students to Learn and Schools to Teach (Resource Aid, 2005) Summit on New Directions for Student Support (Newsletter article, Fall '02) Lenses Used Determine Lessons Learned (Article, 2002) Developing Resource-Oriented Mechanisms to Enhance Learning Supports (7/03) Leardership Training: Moving in New Directions for Student Support (10/03) Example of a Formal Proposal for Moving in New Directions for Student Support (Center Report 9/05) Mental Health in Schools: An Opportunity to Influence Change in a Period of Tranformation (Newsletter article, Fall '05) Designing Schoolwide Programs in Title I Schools: using the Non-Regulatory Guidance in Ways that Address Barriers to Learning and Teaching (Center Policy Brief, 4/06) Fully Integrating Student/Learning Supports into the School Improvement Agenda (Guidance Notes, 7/06) New Directions for Student Support (Concept Paper, 8/02) Assuring No Child is Left Behind (Concept Paper) Pursuing Opportunities for Moving Proactively from the Margins into the Mainstream of School Improvement (Guidance Notes, 9/06) The Relationship of Response to Intervention and Systems of Learning Supports (Guidance Notes, 9/06) Call to Action: Student Support Staff: Moving in New Directions through School Improvement (Center Report, 2006) Infrastructure for Learning Supports at District, Regional, and State Offices (Guidance Notes, 9/06) Toward a School District Infrastructure that More Effectively Addresses Barriers to Learning and Teaching (Policy & Practice Analysis Brief, 1/07)             5. Financial Strategies Financial Strategies to Aid in Addressing Barriers to Learning (Introductory Packet, updated 3/00) Financing Strategies to Address Barriers to Learning (Quick Training Aid, 4/02) Financing Mental Health for Children & Adolescents (Center Brief and Fact Sheet, 11/00) What will it cost? - No New Dollars! (Guidance Notes, 7/06)             6. Evaluation, Quality Control, and Standards Evaluation and Accountability: Getting Credit for All You Do! (Introductory Packet, updated 9/00) Evaluation and Accountability Related to Mental Health in Schools (Technical Aid Packet, 7/04) Accountability: Is it Becoming a Mantra? (Newsletter article, Winter, ‘98) Expanding the Framework for School Accountability (Newsletter article, Spring, ‘00) Aligning School Accountability, Outcomes, and Evidence-Based Practices.(Article, 2002) A Center Report...Evaluation of Impact (June 2004) Data on the Plateau of Leveling off Effect of Achievement Test Scores (Info Sheet 2006)             7. Sustainability and Scale-Up Sustaining School and Community Efforts to Enhance Outcomes for Children and Youth: A Guidebook and Tool Kit (8/04) New Initiatives: Considerations Related to Planning, Implementing, Sustaining, and Going-to-Scale (Center Brief 8/03) Toward a scale-up model for replicating new approaches to schooling (Article, 1997) Scaling-Up Reforms Across a School District (Article, 1999) On Sustainablity of Project Innovations as Systemic Change(Article, 2003) Where's it Happening: New Directions for Student Support (Center Report, 11/04) Sustainability and Scale-up: It's About Systemic Change (Newsletter article, Fall, '04) Systemic Change for School Improvement: Designing, Implementing, and Sustaining Prototypes and Going to Scale (Center Policy Report) Executive Summary Life Beyond the "Project" – Fully Integrating the Effort into the School Improvement Agenda On Sustaining of Project Innovations as Systemic Change             8. Reframing Staff Roles and Functions Framing New Directions for School Counselors, Psychologists, & Social Workers (Center Report, Mar ‘01) Organization Facilitators: A Key Change Agent for Systemic School and Community Changes (Center Report, Feb. `01) Enhancing School Staff Understanding of MH and Psychosocial Concerns: A Guide (Continuing Education, 1/03) Improving Teaching and Learning Supports by Addressing the Rhythm of a Year (Resource Aid Packet, 2003) Needed: A Greater Role for Learning Support Staff in Inservice at Every School (Newsletter article, Winter, 2003) New Directions for Student Support: Some Fundamentals (Guides to Practice, 8/03) Guidelines for Student Support Component (Resource Aid, 10/03) Survey of Learning Supports System Status (Tools for Practice, 11/05) Who at the School Adresses Barriers to Learning and Teaching? (Newsletter article, Spring, '05) About Positive Psychology (Info Sheet, 2005)

I. Systemic concerns       C. Developing Comprehensive, Multifaceted, and Integrated Approaches

Addressing Barriers to Learning: A Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health in Schools (Continuing education modules, 9/03) Addressing Barriers to Learning: New Directions for Mental Health in Schools (Continuing education modules, 5/97) Creating the Infrastructure for an Enabling (Learning Support) Component to Address Barriers to Student Learning (Training Tutorial, 2/02) Addressing Barriers to Learning: Overview of the Curriculum for an Enabling (or Learning Supports) Component (Quick Training Aid 4/02) Introduction to a component for Addressing Barriers to Student Learning (Center Brief, 6/01) A School-Wide Component to Address Barriers to Learning (Article, 1999) Building comprehensive, multifaceted, and integrated approaches to address barriers to student learning (Article, 2002) Comprehensive Approaches & Mental Health in Schools (Newsletter article, Winter ‘97) CSSS - Hawai`i's Comprehensive Student Support System... a multifaceted approach that encompasses & enhances MH in schools (Newsletter article, Summer, ‘01) Opening the Gates: Learning Supports at Elizabeth Learning Center Guides for the Enabling Component -- Addressing Barriers to Learning and Enhancing Healthy Development (Guides to practice) Getting from Here to There: A Guidebook for the Enabling Component(10/97) A Guide to the Enabling Component – abridged version (11/96) About Infrastructure Mechanisms for a Comprehensive Learning Support Component (Continuing Education, 10/03) What Might a Fully Functioning Enabling or Learning Supports Component Look Like at a School? (Information Handout, 12/04) Using Federal Education Legislation in Moving Toward a Comprehensive Multifaceted, and Integrated Approach to Addressing Barriers to Learning (Info Sheet) Integrating Learning Supports into the Infrastructure of a Small School

I. Systemic concerns       D. Building System Capacity and Networking

School counselors and school reform: New directions (Article, in press) Mental Health in Schools: Expanded Opportunities for School Nurses (Article, 1997) Clinical psychology: Beyond psychopathology and clinical interventions (Article, 1995) Toward Enhancing Resource Center Collaboration (Center Report June ‘01) Special Center Compilations/Catalogues: Clearinghouse Catalogue (Resource Aid Packet, updated regularly) Consultation Cadre Catalogue (Resource Aid Packet, updated regularly) Catalogue of Internet Sites Relevant to Mental Health in Schools (Resource Aid Packet, updated regularly) Organizations with Resources Relevant to Addressing Barriers to Learning: A Catalogue of Clearinghouses, Technical Assistance Centers, and Other Agencies (Resource Aid Packet, updated regularly) Where to Get Resource Materials to Address Barriers to Learning (Resource Aid Packet, updated regularly)

II. Program/Process Concerns       A. Program Areas

1. Classroom Enhancement and Youth Development Classroom Changes to Enhance and Re-engage Students in Learning (Training Tutorial, 2/02) Enhancing Classroom Approaches for Addressing Barriers to Learning: Classroom Focused Enabling(Continuing Education Modules, 2/01) Enabling Learning in the Classroom: A Primary Mental Health Concern (Newsletter article, Spring, '98) Personalizing Classroom Instruction to Account for Motivational and Developmental Differences (Article, 1999) Assessing to Address Barriers to Learning (Introductory Packet, 1/97) Promoting Youth Development and Addressing Barriers (Newsletter article, Fall, ‘99) Protective Factors (Resiliency)(Technical Assistance Sampler, updated 11/02) Early Development and Learning from the Perspective of Addressing Barriers (Intro, Packet 5/01) Early Development and School Readiness from the Perspective of Addressing Barriers to Learning (Center Brief 11/01) Revisiting Learning & Behavior Problems: Moving Schools Forward (Continuing Education Modules, 11/03) Classroom Climate (Article, in press) About Motivation (Practice Notes, 11/05) Classroom-based Approaches to Enable and Re-engage Students in Classroom Learning: A Self-study Survey (Tools for Practice, 11/05) Concerns = Opportunities: Addressing Student Disengagement, Acting Out, and Dropouts by Moving in New Directions (Newsletter, Spring '06) School Attendance Problems: Are Current Policies & Practices Going in the Right Direction? (Center Policy & Practice Analysis Brief, '06) Gateways to Resources for Enhancing Positive Outcomes for all Students (Guidance Notes, '07)             2. Support for Transitions Support for Transitions to Address Barriers to Learning (Training Tutorial, 2/02) Easing the Impact of Student Mobility: Welcoming & Social Support (Newsletter article, Fall, `97) What Schools Can Do to Welcome & Meet the Needs of All Students and Families (Guide to practice, 12/97) Welcoming and Involving New Students and Families (Technical Aid Packet, 10/97) After-School Programs and Addressing Barriers to Learning (Technical Aid Packet, 4/01) Transitions: Turning Risk into Opportunities for Student Support (Introductory Packet 6/03) Beyond Positive Behavior Support Initiatives (Newsletter article, Summer, '04) Addressing School Adjustment Problems (Guidance Notes, 10/05) Addressing School Adjustment Problems (Practice Notes, 11/05) Welcoming Strategies for Newly Arrived Students & Their Families (Practice Notes, 11/05) Working with Disengaged Students (Practice Notes, 11/05) Supporting Successful Transition to Ninth Grade (Practice Notes, 11/05) Support for Transitions: A Survey-study Survey (Tools for Practice, 11/05) Countering the Over-pathologizing of Students' Feeling & Behavior: A Growing Concern Related to MH in Schools (Practice Notes, 1/06) School Improvement: Where's Student Support? (Newsletter, Summer '06)             3. Crisis Response and Prevention Violence Prevention and Safe Schools (Intro Packet, updated 3/00) Responding to Crisis at a School (Resource Aid Packet, updated 9/00) Crisis Assistance and Prevention: Reducing Barriers to Learning (Training Tutorial, 2/02) School-Based Crisis Intervention (Quick Training Aid, 2/02) Behavioral Initiatives in Broad Perspective (Technical Assistance Sampler, 5/98) Behavioral Problems at School (Quick Training Aid, 7/02) School Interventions to Prevent and Respond to Affect and Mood Problems (Quick Training Aid, 11/02) Youth Suicide Prevention: Mental Health and Public Health Perspectives (Presentation and Training Aid, 6/03) Bullying and Addressing Barriers to Learning (Newsletter article, Winter '05) Suicide Prevention in Schools (Center Policy Issues Analysis Brief, 9/05) About Planning and Action for Mental Health Needs of Students and School Staff in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (Guidance Notes, 9/05) Schools Helping Students Deal with Loss (Guidance Notes, 9/05) The School's Role in Addressing Psychological Reactions to Loss (Guidance Notes, 10/05) When a Student Seems Dangerous to Self or Others (Practice Notes, 11/05) School Response to Natural Disasters (Practice Notes, 11/05) Crisis Assistance and Prevention: A Self-study Survey (Tools for Practice, 11/05) Bullying: A Major Barrier to Student Learning (Practice Notes, 11/05) Youth Gangs and Schools (Center Policy & Practice Analysis Brief, 4/07)             4. Home Involvement Parent and Home Involvement in Schools(Introductory Packet, updated 6/00) Home Involvement in Schooling (Training Tutorial, 2/02) Guiding Parents in Helping Children Learn (Technical Aid Packet11/97) On Understanding Intervention in Psychology and Education (Continuing Education Module 2004) Home Involvement in Schooling: A Self-study Survey(Tools for Practice, 11/05) Homework is a Mental Health Concern (Guidance Notes, 11/05)             5. Student and Family Assistance Labeling Troubled and Troubling Youth: The Name Game (Newsletter article, Summer, '96) Students & Family Assistance Programs & Services to Address Barriers to Learning (Training Tutorial, 2/02) Re-engaging Students in Learning (Quick Training Aid, 3/02) * Re-engaging Students in Learning at School (Newsletter article, Winter, ‘02) Screening/Assessing Students: Indicators and Tools (Resource Aid Packet,10/01) Assessing & Screening (Quick Training Aid ,3/02) Assessment Strategies for School-Based Mental Health Counseling (Article, 2001) School-Based Client Consultation, Referral, and Management of Care (Tech. Aid Packet, updated 1/03) Case Management in the School Context (Quick Training Aid , 5/02) Enlisting Appropriate Parental Cooperation and Involvement in Children's Mental Health Treatment (Article, 2001) Least Intervention Needed: Toward Appropriate Inclusion of Students with Special Needs (introductory Packet, updated 8/98) Beyond placement in the least restrictive environment: The concept of least intervention needed and the need for continuum of community-school programs/services.(Paper, 1998) Confidentiality and Informed Consent (Introductory Packet, updated 11/02) Confidentiality: Competing principles, inevitable dilemmas (Article, 1998) Confidentiality (Quick Training Aid 4/02) Students and Psychotropic Medication: The School's Role (Resource Aid Packet, updated 1/03) School-Based Mutual Support Groups(For Parents, Staff, and Older Student) (TA Packet, 8/97) Screening Mental Health Problems in Schools (Center Policy Issues Analysis Brief, 7/05) Involving Parents in Counseling (Practice Notes, 11/05) Student and Family Assistance Programs and Services: A Self-study Survey (Tools for Practice, 11/05)             6. Community Outreach (including volunteer participation) Community Outreach: School-Community Resources to Address Barriers to Learning(Training Tutorial, 2/02) Volunteers to Help Teachers and School Address Barriers to Learning (Tech. Aid Packet, 9/97) Community Outreach for Involvement and Support: A Self-study Survey (Tools for Practice, 11/05)

II. Program/Process Concerns       B. Processes to Develop Comprehensive Approaches & School-Community Connections

1. Enabling Component Addressing Barriers to Learning: Overview of the Curriculum for an Enabling (or Learning Supports) Component (Quick Training Aid 4/02) Creating the Infrastructure for an Enabling (Learning Support) Component to Address Barriers to Student Learning (Training Tutorial, 2/02) Guides for the Enabling Component -- Addressing Barriers to Learning and Enhancing Healthy Development(Guides to practice) Getting from Here to There: A Guidebook for the Enabling Component (10/97) A Guide to the Enabling Component – abridged version (11/96) What Might a Fully Functioning Enabling or Learning Supports Component Look Like at a School? Standards for an Enabling or Learning Supports Component Standards & Quality Indicators for an Enabling or Learning Supports Component             2. School-Based Health Centers School-Based Health Centers (Technical Assistance Sampler 7/98) Mental Health and School-Based Health Centers (Guide to Practice , 9/97)             3. Financing Financing Strategies to Address Barriers to Learning (Quick Training Aid, 4/02) Financial Strategies to Aid in Addressing Barriers to Learning (Intro Packet, updated 3/00) Financing Mental Health for Children & Adolescents (Center Brief and Fact Sheet, 11/00)

II. Program/Process Concerns       C. Staff Development Tools

Understanding and Minimizing Staff Burnout (Introductory Packet, updated 6/02) School Staff Burnout Newsletter article, (Spring, ‘02) School Staff Burnout (Quick Training Aid, 7/02) Addressing Barriers to Learning: New Directions for Mental Health in Schools (Continuing education modules, 5/97) Cultural Concerns in Addressing Barriers to Learning (Introductory Packet, 1/97) Mental Health and School-Based Health Centers (Guide to Practice , 9/97) Using Technology to Address Barriers to Learning (Technical Assistance Sampler, 1/00) Financing Strategies to Address Barriers to Learning (Quick Training Aid, 4/02) Financing Mental Health for Children & Adolescents (Center Brief and Fact Sheet, 11/00) Sustaining School and Community Efforts to Enhance Outcomes for Children and Youth: A Guidebook and Tool Kit (9/01) Creating the Infrastructure for an Enabling (Learning Support) Component to Address Barriers to Student Learning (Training Tutorial, 2/02) Addressing Barriers to Learning: Overview of the Curriculum for an Enabling (or Learning Supports) Component(Quick Training Aid 4/02) Enhancing Classroom Approaches for Addressing Barriers to Learning: Classroom Focused Enabling(Continuing Education Modules, 2/01) Re-engaging Students in Learning (Quick Training Aid, 3/02) Classroom Changes to Enhance and Re-engage Students in Learning (Training Tutorial, 2/02) Assessing & Screening(Quick Training Aid ,3/02) Behavioral Problems at School (Quick Training Aid, 7/02) Violence Prevention (Quick Training Aid 2/02) Bullying Prevention (Quick Training Aid 2/02) Students & Family Assistance Programs and Services to Address Barriers to Learning (Training Tutorial, 2/02) Confidentiality(Quick Training Aid 4/02) Case Management in the School Context (Quick Training Aid , 5/02) Support for Transitions to Address Barriers to Learning (Training Tutorial, 2/02) Crisis Assistance and Prevention: Reducing Barriers to Learning (Training Tutorial, 2/02) Suicide Prevention (Quick Training Aid, 2/02) School-Based Crisis Intervention (Quick Training Aid, 2/02) Home Involvement in Schooling (Training Tutorial, 2/02) Community Outreach: School-Community Resources to Address Barriers to Learning (Training Tutorial 2/02) School Interventions to Prevent and Respond to Affect and Mood Problems (Quick Training Aid, 11/02) Mental Health in Schools: New Roles for School Nurses Continuing Education Modules, 4/97) Special Center Compilations/Catalogues: Clearinghouse Catalogue (Resource Aid Packet, updated regularly) Consultation Cadre Catalogue (Resource Aid Packet, updated regularly) Catalogue of Internet Sites Relevant to Mental Health in Schools (Resource Aid Packet, updated regularly) Organizations with Resources Relevant to Addressing Barriers to Learning: A Catalogue of Clearinghouses, Technical Assistance Centers, and Other Agencies (Resource Aid Packet, updated regularly) Where to Get Resource Materials to Address Barriers to Learning (Resource Aid Packet, updated regularly) Youth Suicide Prevention: Mental Health and Public Health Perspectives (Presentation & Training Aids, 2003) Safe Students/Healthy Schools: A collaborative Process (Newsletter, Spring, '03) Diversity and Professional Competence in Schools... a mental health perspective (Newletter, Spring, '04) Diversity Competence for Psychological Practitioners: Eliminating Disparities in Pschological Practices (Center Brief, 3/04) Prereferral Interventions (Practice Notes, 11/05) The School Leader's Guide to Student Learning Supports: New Directions for Addressing Barriers to Learning The Implementation Guide to Student Learning Supports: New Directiosn for Addressing Barriers to Learning

III. Psychosocial & Mental Health Concerns

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Affect and Mood Problems Related to School Aged Youth Anxiety, Fears, Phobias, and Related Problems: Intervention and Resources for School Aged Youth Attention Problems: Intervention and Resources Autism: Educating Children Behavior Problems: What's a School to Do? Bullying Prevention Common Psychosocial Problems of School Aged Youth: Developmental Variations, Problems, Disorders and Perspectives for Prevention and Treatment Conduct and Behavior Problems in School Aged Youth Disabilities

Dropout prevention Drug/alcoh. abuse Depression/suicide Eating problems (anorexia, bulimia) Gangs Gender and sexuality Grief Learning problems and Learning Disabilities Neglect Physical/Sexual Abuse Pregnancy prevention/support Reactions to chronic illness Relationship problems

Self-esteem School adjustment (including newcomer acculturation) School Interventions to Prevent and Respond to Affect and Mood Problems School Interventions to Prevent Youth Suicide Sexual Minority Students Social and Interpersonal Problems Related to School Aged Youth Substance Abuse Substance Abuse Prevention: Toward Comprehensive, Multifaceted Approaches Suicide Prevention Violence Prevention Youth Suicide/ Depression/ Violence

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The Center is co-directed by Howard Adelman and Linda Taylor and operates under the auspices of the School Mental Health Project, Dept. of Psychology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563 Phone: (310) 825-3634, Toll Free: (866) 846-4843. Support comes in part from the Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Office of Adolescent Health.

WebMaster: Perry Nelson (smhp@ucla.edu)