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Early Childhood Mental Health, Social-Emotional Development, and Challenging Behaviors

NECTAC topic editors: Lynda Pletcher and Kathy Whaley

Conference
Addressing Challenging Behaviors National Training Institute
March 22-25, 2009, Clearwater Beach, FL - sponsored by the Center for Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning (CSEFEL) and the Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Interventions for Young Children

Webinars / Multimedia Presentations

Introduction and Definitions

  • Infant mental health
  • Diagnostic classifications
  • Challenging behavior
  • Early childhood mental health
  • Glossary of mental health terms

Early Identification

Intervention with Families

Intervention with Young Children

Federal Legislation and Commissions or Studies

  • IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
  • Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of 2001
  • Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as Amended, 1996
  • Presidents New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
  • Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
  • Head Start Bureau and Office of Research and Evaluation

Federal Agencies' Initiatives

US Department of Education
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP):
  • Center for Evidence Based Practices: Young Children with Challenging Behavior
  • Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
  • Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
  • Early Childhood Discretionary Projects
US Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS)
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF):
  • Early Promotion and Intervention Health Research Consortium (E-PIRC)
  • Head Start Mental Health Information Center
  • Early Head Start National Resource Center (EHS NRC) - Infant Mental Health Initiative
  • National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA):
  • Caring for Every Child' Mental Health Campaign
  • Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH):
  • National Mental Health Information Center
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB):
  • TITLE V - Maternal and Child Health Block Grant (MCHBG)
  • Early Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment
  • Bright Futures
  • Maternal and Child Health Library

National Associations, Organizations

  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology
  • Children's Defense Fund- Child Welfare and Mental Health Division
  • Child Welfare League of America- Behavioral Health Division
  • Division of Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children
  • Family Support America
  • Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children
  • National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
  • National Center for Children in Poverty- Early Care and Learning Section
  • National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family Centered Practices
  • National Mental Health Association
  • Nation's Network of Child Care Resources and Referral
  • World Association for Infant Mental Health
  • ZERO TO THREE - Infant Mental Health Resource Center
    • Directory of Infant Mental Health Training Programs

Foundations

  • The Foundation Center
  • Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • The Commonwealth Fund
  • Foundation for Children's Development
  • Robert Wood Johnson

Resource Centers (Training, Research, Service Models)

  • Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
  • Center for Evidence Based Practices: Young Children with Challenging Behaviors
  • Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
  • Early Childhood Behavioral Project- Positive Approaches to Challenging Behavior
  • National Technical Assistance Center on Children's Mental Health
  • Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health
  • Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Systems of Care and Funding for Children's Mental Health Services

  • Statewide Behavior Initiatives (2007)
  • Children's Mental Health: An Overview and Key Considerations for Health System Stakeholder (2005)
  • Funding for Children's Mental Health Services; Making the Most of Medicaid (2005)
  • Major Federal Programs Supporting and Financing Mental Health Care: Created for the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (2003)
  • Pathways to Service Utilization: A Synthesis of Evidence Relevant to Young Children with Challenging Behavior (2003)
  • Systems of Service Delivery: A Synthesis of Evidence Relevant to young children with or at Risk of Challenging Behavior (2003)
  • Making Dollars Follow Sense: Financing Early Childhood Mental Health Services to Promote Health Social Emotional Development in Young Children (2002)
  • Building Services and Systems to Support Healthy Emotional Development of Young Children: An Action Guide for Policy Makers (2001)
  • Funding Early Childhood Mental Health Services and Supports (2001)
  • Starting Early Starting Smart: Key Principles in Providing Integrated Behavioral Health Services for Young Children and their Families (2002)
  • Systems of Care: Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health (2001)
    • Vol. II Learning from Families
    • Vol. III Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health
    • Vol. VII A Compilation of Lessons Learned from the 22 Grantees of the 1997 Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program
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