Child/Adolescent
Mental Health
Trauma
Focused-CBT
Information
related to TF-CBT for children
Evidence-based
mental health practices for children and adolescents
This
links to our section on EBP's for kids
School-Based
Mental Health Services
Links
to lots of useful resources on this topic
Financing
Children's Mental Health Services: Coping with a
Changing Fiscal Environment
Teen
Screen Program
A
national program centered at Columbia University dedicated
to making voluntary mental health check-ups available
to all teens in the US.
ADHD
resources
Lots
of useful information and assessment tools, freely downloadable,
from the University of Buffalo's Center for Children and
Families.
Issue
Brief: Using federal programs to support interagency
systems of care for children with mental health care needs
A
useful document from the Bazelon Center which describes
strategies to optimize and blend funding from various
federal sources, including the Performance Partnership
Block Grant program
Iowa
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
Lots
of very useful Iowa specific and other information on
Children's mental health, including a good, ongoing.
Children's
Mental Health Waiver in Iowa
Information
from DHS on the new Children's Mental Health Waiver which
provides for supports for various home and community-based
services for eligible children through Medicaid, who might
otherwise require institutional care.
Child
Welfare and Juvenile Justice
Report
about how Federal agencies could play a stronger role
in helping states reduce the number of children placed
solely to obtain mental health services.
Redesign
of Iowa's Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice System
Information on the 2003 redesign of Iowa's system of delivering
services to at-risk children, youth, and families.
Evidence-based
Practices in Mental Health Services for Foster Youth
Technical
Assistance Conference Calls - Registration for series
Through
Georgetown University's "National Technical Assistance
Center for Children's Mental Health", a series of
conference calls on several interesting topics - a good
free resource.
Promising
Practices in Children's Mental Health
Here you can find information
on what's working for children with serious emotional
disturbance in systems of care. A CMHS site.
Child
Physical and Sexual Abuse: Guidelines for Treatment
Mental
health assessment and treatment of child victims of sexual
and physical abuse and their families.
Caregivers
of Children and Adolescents with Severe Emotional Disorders
Comprehensive
resource guidebook for caregivers of children who have
severe mental and emotional disorders.
Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy Resources
Materials
for mental health professionals that cover several different
programs of group cognitive behavioral therapy for youths
with, or at risk for depression.
Assessment-Related:
The following links are to resources
that provide various assessment tools for children and
adolescents.
(see also the functional
assessment page on this site)
"Screening
for Behavioral and Developmental Problems: Issues,
Obstacles and Opportunities for Change"
An
excellent article on screening for kids, along with a
very useful appendix describing a wide range of screening
instruments
American
Guidance Service, Inc. (AGS)
Psychological
Corporation
Western
Psychological Services
Psychological
Assessment Resources, Inc. (PAR)
Misc.
Related Links
Iowa
DHS Division of Adult, Children, and Family Services
American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
Attention
Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
Children
and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
(CHADD)
National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
NIMH
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
