School Mental Health Project

We invite you to participate and collaborate as we develop an agenda
and specific strategies for assisting policy makers and practitioners.


Current Staff

Co-Directors
  • Howard Adelman
  • Linda Taylor

Coordinator
  • Perry Nelson

Center Staff
  • Roxanne Acejo
  • Viet Bui
  • Jessica Danial
  • Thanh Ngo
  • Tippy Ussavanarong


Advisory Group (as of January, 2005)

  • Olga Acosta, Clinical Administrator
    Commission on MH Services
    Washington, DC

  • Rosemarie Allen
    School of General Studies
    University of Texas at Dallas
    Richardson, TX

  • Marc Atkins, Professor of Psychology
    Dept. of Psychiatry Univ. of Illinois
    Chicago Institute for Juvenile Research
    Chicago, IL

  • Marty Blank, Staff Director
    Coalition for Community Schools
    Institute for Educational Leadership
    Washington, DC

  • Claire Brindis, Director
    Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy
    Univ. of Calif.
    Institute for Health Policy Studies/
    Professor, Department of Pediatrics,
    Division of Adolescent Med
    San Francisco, CA

  • James Butterworth, Asst. Commissioner
    NY State Education Department
    Office of Regional School and Community Services
    Albany, NY

  • Maria Casillas, President
    Boyle Heights Learning Collaborative
    Families in School
    Los Angeles, CA

  • Sam Chan, District Chief
    Child, Youth, and Family Services
    LA County Dept. of Mental Health
    Los Angeles, CA

  • Paul Dauphinais
    Turtle Mountain Reservation Schools
    Bottineau, ND

  • Al Duchnowski, Deputy Director
    Research & Training Center for Children's Mental Health
    Florida Mental Health Institute,
    Univ. of S. Florida
    Tampa, FL

  • Ted Feinberg, Asst. Exec. Director
    National Association of School Psychologists
    Bethesda, MD

  • Randy Fisher, Executive Director
    School Social Work Assoc. of America
    Northlake, IL

  • Janice Gratton, Director,
    Board of Directors
    Multnomah Education Service District
    Portland, OR

  • John Hatakeyama, Deputy Director (retired)
    Children and Youth Services Bureau
    L.A. County Dept. of Mental Health
    Los Angeles, CA

  • Kevin Hogan, Assistant Director
    Office of Student Services
    St. Paul Public Schools
    St. Paul, MN

  • Barbara Jones, Former Assoc. Super. Of Student Support Services
    Memphis City Schools
    Memphis, TN

  • Katherine Kawaguchi, Assistant Superintendent
    Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Student Support, Hawaii DOE
    Honolulu, HI

  • Krista Kutash, Deputy Director
    Research & Training Center for Children's Mental Health
    Florida Mental Health Institute,
    Univ. of S. Florida
    Tampa, FL

  • Hal Lawson, Professor
    Ed. Admin. & Policy Studies
    SUNY - Albany
    School of Social Welfare
    Albany, NY

  • Philip Leaf, Professor and Director
    Johns Hopkins University
    Center for Prevention of Youth Violence
    Baltimore, MD

  • John Lenssen, Specialist
    Violence Prevention
    Oregon Department of Education
    School Community Partnership
    Salem, OR

  • Jane Mc Grath, New Mexico School Health Officer
    New Mexico Department of Health
    Albuquerque, NM

  • Matthew Mock, Director
    Center for Multicultural Development
    California Institute for Mental Health
    Sacramento, CA

  • Linda Miller
    Iowa Department of Education,
    Strategic systems Development
    Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities
    Des Moines, IA

  • Hector Myers, Professor
    UCLA/Dept. of Psychology
    Los Angeles, CA

  • Gaylon Nettles, Director,
    Office of Student Services
    Indiana Dept. of Education
    Indianapolis, IN

  • David Osher, Managing Research Scientist
    American Institutes for Research
    Washington, DC

  • Jane Owen, Assistant Professor
    Educ. Leadership
    Midwestern State University
    West College of Education
    Wichita Falls, TX

  • Lynn Pedraza, Director
    Health/Mental Health
    Albuquerque Public Schools
    Albuquerque, NM

  • Robert Pynoos, Professor and Co-Director
    Dept. of Psychiatry
    Nat'l Center for Child Traumatic Stress
    UCLA
    Los Angeles, CA

  • Marcia Riggers, Assistant Superintendent
    WA Office of Public Instruction
    Student Support & Operations
    Olympia, WA

  • Meg Small, Research Assoc.
    Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development
    Penn. State University
    University Park, PA

  • Marcel Soriano, Professor
    Division of Administration & Counseling
    California State University, Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, CA

  • Annie Steinberg, Director of Psychiatry
    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
    University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
    Philadelphia, PA

  • Stanley Sue, Distinguished Professor
    Psychology & Asian American Studies
    University of California, Davis
    Dept. of Psychology
    Davis, CA

  • Ronda Talley, Health Scientist
    CDC / Disability and Health Team
    Atlanta, GA

  • Howard Taras, Professor
    Community Pediatrics
    University of California, San Diego
    La Jolla, CA

  • Cynthia Timmons, Field Coordinator
    Children of Promise - Mentors of Hope
    University of Oklahoma Outreach
    Norman, OK

  • Roger Weissberg, Professor
    Psychology & Education
    President, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
    Chicago, IL

  • Douglas White, Director
    Student Services
    WI Department of Public Instruction
    Madison, WI

  • Linda Perez Yater, Assistant Superintendent
    Student Services
    Dallas ISD
    Dallas, TX

  • Andrea Zetlin, Professor of Education
    Div. Of Special Educ. & Counseling
    California State University, Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, CA

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report to the Advisory group


Project Officer

Sharon Adamo, Senior Public Health Analyst
HRSA, MCHB, Office of Adolescent Health
Rockville, MD

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