II. Concerns Related to Children's Severe Mental Health Disorders

Concerns Related to Children's Severe MH Disorders

Concerns Related to Children's Psychosocial Problems

Positive Social and Emotional Development and Prevention of Psychosocial/MH Problems

Others focused on Addressing Barriers to Learning and Development

Major Centers, etc.

Associations

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II. Concerns Related to Children's Severe Mental Health Disorders

American's with Disabilities Act Homepage	ARCH National Respite Network and Resources Center	Attention Deficit Information Network
Autism Research Institute*	Center for Anxiety and Stress Treatment	Center for Mental Health in Schools
Center for Mental Health Policy	Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation*	Center for Psychology in Schools and Education
Center for School Mental Health	Center for Special Education Finance#	Center for the Study of Autism*
Center of Effective Collaboration and Practice	Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation	Children's Mental Health Service Research Center
Council for Exceptional Children*	Emergency Medical Services for Children	Exceptional Children's Assistance Center
Family & Advocates Partnership for Education*	Frontier Mental Health Services Resource Network	National Anxiety Foundation
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation	National Association of State Directors of Special Education	National Dissemination Center on Children and Youth with Disabilities*
National Foundation for Depressive Illnesses	National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse#	National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness#
National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health#
The Carter Center - Mental Health Task Force	IDEA Partnership	International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Mental Health America#	Mental Health Net	Policy Leadership Cadre for Mental Health in
National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health Planning#	Pathways to Positive Futures: Supporting Successful Transition for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions*	The Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO*
Regional Resource and Federal Centers (RRFC)	School Health Resources Services	School Psychology Resources On-line

* - Site has documents in language(s) other than English.
# - Organization offers technical assistance.

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American's with Disabilities Act Homepage is a Website dedicated to providing information and resources on the American's with Disabilities Act.
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ARCH National Respite Network and Resources Centeris a service in which care is provided to individuals with disabilities and other special needs; to individuals with chronic or terminal illnesses; or to individuals at risk of abuse and neglect.
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Attention Deficit Information Network is a non profit volunteer organization, which offers support and information to families of children with ADD, adults with ADD and professionals through a network of AD-IN chapters.
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Autism Research Institute is primarily devoted to conducting research, and to disseminating the results of research, on the causes of autism and on methods of preventing, diagnosing and treating autism and other severe behavioral disorders of childhood.
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Center for Anxiety and Stress Treatment provides resources for treatment of anxiety and stress disorders.
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Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice supports and promotes a reoriented national preparedness to foster the development and adjustment of children with or at risk of developing serious emotional disturbance. (CECP has two series of monographs on Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health)
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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 Mental Health Policy focuses on child, adolescent and family mental health services research.
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Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation "is a research, training, and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons who have psychiatric disabilities by improving the effectiveness of people, programs, and service systems."
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Center for Psychology in Schools and Education provides a distinctive focus on schools and education within the Association--a center by which members, policy-makers, and the public can identify psychology's commitment to schools and education.
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Center for School Mental Health provides leadership and technical assistance to advance effective interdisciplinary school-based mental health programs.
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Center for Special Education Finance identifies effective practices, conducts intervention and evaluation research, and provides technical assistance activities that promote the successful transition of youth with disabilities from school to adult life
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Center for the Study of Autism provides information about autism to parents and professionals, and conducts research on the efficacy of various therapeutic interventions.
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Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation is a community of people who care about children and adolescents with bipolar disorders (manic-depressive illness).
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Children's Mental Health Service Research Center seeks to help children and society by developing a body of knowledge about children who are at risk, the factors which place them at risk, the quality of the services being provided to them, and the long-term outcomes.
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Council for Exceptional Children is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
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Emergency Medical Services for Children a national initiative designed to reduce child and youth disability and death due to severe illness and injury. Medical personnel, parents and volunteers, community groups and businesses, and national organizations and foundations all contribute to the effort. A federal grant program supports state and local action.
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Exceptional Children's Assistance Center is a nonprofit association whose mission is to ensure access for individuals to private special education as a vital component of the continuum of appropriate placement and services in American education.
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Family & Advocates Partnership for Education The Partnership is a new project which aims to inform and educate families and advocates about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 and promising practices.
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Frontier Mental Health Services Resource Network 's mission is the collection, analysis, and synthesis of knowledge regarding needs for and delivery of mental health services in "frontier" rural U.S. counties. It also offers technical assistance to rural agencies and advocates on mental health/substance abuse topics as they impact upon or exist within such isolated rural areas.
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The Carter Center - Mental Health Task Force is guided by a fundamental committment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health.
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IDEA Partnership (IDEA Local Implementation by Local Administrators (ILIAD) Partners) involves more than 15 educational and related services associations. Coming together with a structure designed for succuss, the partners will build upon association strengths and provide the needed information, ideas and technical assistance to implement IDEA '97.
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International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies provides a forum for the sharing of research, clinical strategies, public policy concerns and theoretical formulations on trauma in the United States and around the world.
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Mental Health America 's information and referral center serves people seeking mental health information for themselves, family members or friends, provides guidance on how to become an advocate for mental health rights and offers resources for professionals.
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Mental Help Net is a "comprehensive source of online mental health information, news and resources" and a "guide to mental health, psychology, & psychiatry online."
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National Anxiety Foundation is a website dedicated to providing information on Anxiety disorders.
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National Association of State Directors of Special Education provides "services to State agencies to facilitate their efforts to maximize educational outcomes for individuals with disabilities."
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The National Dissemination Center on Children and Youth with Disabilities is an "information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals" with a focus on children and youth."
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National Foundation for Depressive Illnesses provides public and professional information about Affective Disorders, the availability of treatment, and the urgent need for further research.
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The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse is "a consumer-run national technical assistance center serving the mental health consumer movement. We help connect individuals to self-help and advocacy resources, and we offer expertise to self-help groups and other peer-run health consumers."
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National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness provides technical assistance, identifies, and synthesizes knowledge, and disseminates information.
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National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health provides technical assistance to improve service delivery and outcomes for children and adolescents with, or at-risk of, serious emotional disturbance and their families. The mission of the TA Center is to assist states and communities in building systems of care that are child and family centered , culturally competent , coordinated , and community-based .
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National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health Planning provides on-site technical assistance to individual states and regions on all issues of importance to mental health planning, service delivery, and evaluation.
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Obsessive Compulsive Foundation is an international not-for-profit organization composed of people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders, their families, friends, professionals and other concerned individuals.
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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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Pathways to Positive Futures: Supporting Successful Transition for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions aims to improve the lives of young people, ages 14-30, who have serious mental health conditions..
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The Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO, along with other leaders, is working towards an integrated system that truly meets the mental health care needs of children, youth and their parents and caregivers.
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Regional Resource and Federal Centers Network "supports a nationwide technical assistance network to respond to the needs of students with disabilities, especially students from under-represented populations."
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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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