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- 15 Plus Kit (bag containing 15+ Sharing Cards (game), 15 plus brochure, Bright Futures violence brochure, writing pads, CMHS resource directory) (SVP-0000)
Information Kit
This kit for parents includes the 15 Plus sharing cards, parent brochure, and other items.
- 15+ Sharing Cards (game) (SVP-0011)
Card
This game includes a packet of 72 cards that feature discussion questions designed to foster communication between parents and their children. A question on each card is intended to encourage at least 15 minutes of conversation.
- After a Disaster: A Guide for Parents and Teachers (KEN01-0093)
Brochure
Explains how preschool age, early childhood, and adolescent children may respond to the terrorist events.
- Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents (CA-0007)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet defines anxiety disorders, identifies warning signs, discusses risk factors, describes types of help available, and suggests what parents or other caregivers can do. 1997. 3 pp.
- Are These Familiar Problems (CA-0019C)
Print Ad Slick
This camera-ready print advertisement highlights signs of a potential drinking problem. 1998. 3 pp.
- Are They as Healthy as They Look? (CA-0019B)
Print Ad Slick
This print illustrates that even kids who look healthy might have mental health problems.
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents (CA-0008)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet defines attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, describes the warning signs, discusses types of help available, and suggests what parents or other caregivers can do. 1997. 3 pp.
- Autism in Children and Adolescents (CA-0009)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet defines autism, describes the signs and causes, discusses types of help available, and suggests what parents or other caregivers can do. 1997. 2 pp.
- Blamed and Ashamed: The Treatment Experience of Youth with Co-occuring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders and Their Families (KEN02-0129)
Book/Monograph
This report presents the findings of a two-year project intended to document and summarize the experiences of youths and the families of youths with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse problems.
- Campaign Tools Catalog and Order Form (CA-0000)
order form
This catalog lists brochures, fact sheets, and posters developed as part of the Caring for Every Child's Mental Health: Communities Together campaign. Some materials are available in Spanish. 1998. 4 pp.
- Caring for Your Child (CA-0034)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article offers simple tips on protecting a child’s physical safety and emotional well-being. 1998. 2 pp.
- Child and Family Profiles (CA-0018)
Fact Sheet
This publication profiles four children or adolescents with mental health problems and their families who have benefited from family-oriented systems of care. Each family is a client of a grantee site under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children Program.
- Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch (KEN95-0016)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet explains the goals, activities, programs, and accomplishments of the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch. 1998. 2 pp.
- Children's and Adolescent's Mental Health (CA-0004)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet describes mental health problems common in children and adolescents, identifies causes, describes warning signs, and suggests available services. 1997. 4 pp.
- Children's and Adolescent's Mental Health: A Glossary of Terms (CA-0005)
Fact Sheet
This glossary defines words frequently used when discussing the mental health needs of children. 1997. 4 pp.
- CMHS Technical Assistance Centers (CA-0017)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides contact information for Technical Assistance, Research and Training Centers and Clearinghouses supported by the Center for Mental Health Services.
- Community Action Kit (Contains 5 Pamphlets relating to the Youth Violence Prevention Initiative) (SVP-0063)
Pamphlet
These 5 pamphlets address topics of interest to communities that can help them develop and implement an evidence-based youth violence prevention program. Each pamphlet blends theory with the experiences of school violence prevention grantees to provide invaluable information to communities and schools.
- Cómo Ayudar a los niños a vérselas con el miedo y la ansiedad (KEN01-0099)
Folleto
En situaciones en que las tragedias afectan a su familia de modo personal o llegan a su hogar por medio de la prensa o televisión, usted puede ayudar a los niños a controlar la ansiedad causada por situaciones de violencia, muerte o desastres.
- Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families (description of CMHS program in 45 States) (CA-0013)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides profiles of actual children and their families who have benefited from family-oriented systems of care offered through the Center for Mental Health Services’ Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families. 1997. 2 pp.
- Conduct Disorder in Children and Adolescents (CA-0010)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet defines conduct disorder, identifies risk factors, discusses types of help available, and suggests what parents and other caregivers can do. 1997. 2 pp.
- Critical Issues for Parents with Mental Illness and their Families (KEN01-0109)
Booklet
This report integrates the available knowledge regarding parents with mental illness and their families. The impact of mental illness on parenting and family life varies with the age at onset, severity and duration of the illness, and the nature of any consequent impairment in parental functioning, as well as with the strengths and resources of parents and family members are discussed.
- Critical Issues for Parents with Mental Illness: Exec Summary (KEN01-0110)
Booklet
This report integrates the available knowledge about parents who have mental illnesses and how this can affect their families.
- Cultural Competence in Serving Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems (CA-0015)
Fact Sheet
Culturally competent mental health service providers and the agencies that employ them are specially trained in behaviors, attitudes, and policies that recognize, respect, and value the uniqueness of individuals and groups whose cultures are different from those associated with mainstream America. These populations are frequently identified as being made up of people of color--such as Americans of African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American descent.
- Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools (st-7)
Guide
Research-based practices can help school communities-administrators, teachers, families, students, support staff, and community members-recognize the warning signs of mental health problems early, so children can get the help they need before it is too late. This guide presents a brief summary of the research on violence prevention, intervention and crisis response in schools.
- Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program For Children and Their Families: Executive Summary, Annual Report to Congress - 1998 (CB-E198A)
Book/Monograph
The Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families provides grants to States, communities, territories, and Native American Tribes and tribal organizations to improve and expand local systems of care designed to meet the individualized needs of the estimated 4.5 to 6.3 million children and adolescents with a serious emotional disturbance and their families.
- Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program/Annual Report to Congress 1999 (CB-E199)
Book/Monograph
This report provides a comprehensive overview of findings from the evaluation of the Center for Mental Health Services' Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families.
- Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and their Families - Annual Report to Congress, 1997. (CB-E1)
Report
This report to Congress gives a detailed evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Families Program for 1996.
- Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program For Children and Their Families, Annual Report to Congress - 1998 (CB-E198)
Book/Monograph
In this evaluation, the children had a wide range of diagnoses with many having disruptive behavior disorders (43 percent) including conduct disorder,
oppositional defiance disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity.
- Friends Don't Watch Friends Fall Apart (CA-0019D)
Print Ad Slick
This camera-ready print advertisement encourages young people to be alert to signs of possible trouble among their friends and to take appropriate action if necessary. 1998. 3 pp.
- Girl Power! is Good Mental Health (CA-0038)
Fact Sheet
This publication gives statistics about the mental health of girls and discusses ways for parents and other caregivers to nurture the mental health of girls. 1999. 2 pp.
- Guía para la Familia de "Systems of Care" para la Salud Mental de sus hijos. (CA-0029) (CA-0029)
Folleto
Esta guía intenta brindar asistencia a los padres y personas al cuidado de niños en la búsqueda de ayuda para niños con problemas de salud mental. Esta publicación indica lo que se debe saber y preguntar, lo que se puede esperar y hacer. Dicha información está basada en la experiencia de los Sistemas de Cuidado.
- Helping the Child Who is Expressing Anger (CA-0032)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article presents tips to help parents and other caregivers recognize when a child is withdrawing or exploding in anger from the everyday frustrations of life. 1998. 1 p.
- How are you? Cómo estás? Qué hubo? -- Spanish Language Brochure (CA-0036)
Folleto
Este folleto acentúa la importancia de la salud mental de los
niños. Relata la historia de una muchacha con problemas en la escuela y los resultados positivos luego de recibir ayuda. Esta publicación incluye una lista de las señales de peligro de problemas de salud mental.
- How are you? Cómo estás? Qué hubo? -- Spanish Language Poster (CA-0036A)
Poster
Este cartel es para uso con el folleto, CA-0036. Hace la pregunta:
¿Cuán importante es el bienestar mental para usted, su familia y sus
amigos?
- How Do You Feel? Coloring Book\ Mental Health Stigma Reduction Activity (CA-0041)
Booklet
This coloring book provides a fun way to introduce the topic of mental health to young children. 2000. 8 pp.
- How Families Can Help Children Cope with Fear and Anxiety (CA-0022)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article provides tips for parents to keep the lines of communication with their children open and alerts parents and other caregivers to common signs of fear and anxiety. 2002. 1 p.
- How to Help Children After a Disaster (KEN01-0091)
Fact Sheet
Offers tips to parents on how to talk to children about the terrorist events.
- Information Center Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 2 (SMA01-3512)
Article
This is a bulletin containing updates on what is occurring at the National Mental Health Information Center.
- Learning From Your Child's Teacher (CA-0031)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article provides parents with tips for talking with their child’s teacher about mental health issues. 1998. 1 p.
- Major Depression in Children and Adolescents (CA-0011)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet describes depression and its signs, identifies types of help available, and suggests what parents or other caregivers can do. 1997. 2 pp.
- May is Mental Health Month: Celebrate Children's Well-Being! (CA-0045)
Article
There are many things that parents and caregivers can do to support children's emotional health and well-being. Make a commitment to help the children and adolescents in your life. May—officially recognized as "Mental Health Month" by Congress since 1949—is the perfect time for parents and caregivers to focus on children's and adolescents' mental health.
- Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services Under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SMA01-3473)
Report
This report investigates how the State Children’s Health Insurance Program could be used to cover mental health and substance abuse services. 2001. 99 pp.
- Mental, Emotional, and Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents (CA-0006)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet describes mental, emotional, and behavioral problems that can occur during childhood and adolescence and discusses related treatment, support services, and research. 1996. 4 pp.
- Myth of the Bad Kid Article (CA-0021)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article describes reasons behind children’s “bad” behavior. 1998. 1 p.
- National Child Health Day: A Chance to Nuture Children's Mental Health (CA-0044)
Article
National Child Health Day, the first Monday in October, is an occasion for all of us to focus on the health and development of our nation's children.
- Parents Matter: Helping Your Children Navigate Their Teen Years (SVP-0013)
Book/Monograph
This guidebook provides parents with answers to typical “teen development” questions. Answers are provided by key child development and parenting experts. This 27-page booklet has been developed in collaboration with the White House Council on Youth Violence. 2000.
- Parents: Be Role Models for Your Children (SVP-0010)
Brochure
This brochure offers tips for parents and caregivers to communicate with children about drugs and violence.
- Pocket Guide to Mental Health Resources 2003 (SMA01-3509)
Booklet
This is a directory of national toll-free help lines, State mental health agencies, State protection and advocacy agencies, and mental health resources by topic. 2003. The version of this document which is available for viewing on-line is the updated, 2003, version.
- Preparing Youth for Peer Pressure (Systems of Care) (CA-0047)
Article
This piece, written for the Caring for Every Child’s Mental Health Campaign, provides strategies for parents to help their children deal with peer pressure.
- Pre-school Classroom Activities (KEN01-0102)
Fact Sheet
This is a list of activities appropriate to pre-school age children. They are meant to be vehicles for expression and discussion for students and teachers.
- Primary School Activities (KEN01-0100)
Fact Sheet
This is a list of activities appropriate to primary school children. They are meant to be vehicles for expression and discussion for students and teachers.
- Psychosocial Issues for Children and Families in Disasters. A Guide for the Primary Care Physician (SMA95-3022)
Booklet
This manual can assist the primary care health provider to better prepare, assess, and treat children and their families in the event of a disaster. 1995. 40 pp.
- Reaction of Children to a Disaster (KEN01-0101)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet, which is broken down by age, describes the ways in which children react to a disaster and what adults can do to help.
- Report of the Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health: A National Action Agenda (SG-C)
Booklet
This report introduces a blueprint for addressing children's mental health needs in the United States.
- Steps Toward Evidence-Based Practices for Parents with Mental Illness and Their Families (KEN02-0133)
Fact Sheet
Millions of adults in the United States are affected by mental illness. The majority of these men and women are, or will become, parents.
- Systems of Care - Values Poster (CA-0049)
Poster
This poster advertises the three core principles of a good system of care for children: child centered and family driven; community based; and culturally competent.
- Systems of Care (coordination of services) (CA-0014)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet defines systems of care and explains why they are needed to treat children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances. Describes what kinds of services they include, who coordinates the services, and how effective these systems are. 1997. 3 pp.
- Systems of Care Poster (Spanish version) (CA-0049SP)
Poster
Un cartel para Los Valores y Principios de Sistemas de Cuidado
Para la Salud Mental de sus Hijos.
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health- Learing from Families: Identifying Service Strategies for Success, 2001 Series (Vol. 2) (CA PROM01v2)
Book/Monograph
This book discusses systems of care, serving very young children and
their families, that are finding innovative and effective ways to design
and deliver services.
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health-A Compilation of Lessons Learned from the 22 Grantees of the 1997 Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program, 1998 Series (Vol. 7) (CA-PROMISv7)
Book/Monograph
Grantees share their experiences in five main areas: family involvement/empowerment, cultural competency, systems of care, evaluation, and managed care in this publication.
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health-Building Collaboration in Systems of Care, 1998 Series (Vol. 6) (CA-PROMISv6)
Book/Monograph
This publication explores the importance of collaboration in a system of care focusing on three specific issues: the foundations of collaboration, implementing the collaborative process, and the results of collaboration.
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health-Cultural Strengths and Challenges in Implementing A System of Care Model in American Indian Communities, 2000 Series (Vol 1) (CA-PROM00v1)
Book/Monograph
This publication examines the promising practices of five American Indian
children's mental health projects that integrate traditional American
Indian helping and healing methods with the systems of care model are discussed in this publication.
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health-For the Long Haul: Maintaining Systems of Care Beyond the Federal Investment, 2000 Series (Vol. 3) (CA-PROM00V3)
Book/Monograph
Fundamental strategies grantee sites should consider in order to maintain long-term financial stability, are discussed on this site. A special emphasis is placed on non-Federal funding sources.
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health-New Roles for Families in Systems of Care, 1998 Series (Vol. 1) (CA-PROMISv1)
Book/Monograph
This publication explores ways in which family members are becoming equal members with service providers and administrators, specifically as "system of care coordinators" and "family as faculty".
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health-Promising Practices in Early Childhood Mental Health, 2001 Series (Vol. 3) (CA PROM01v3)
Book/Monograph
The success stories of families with children who suffer from emotional and behavioral disorders are explored in this publication.
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health-Promising Practices in Family-Provider Collaboration, 1998 Series (Vol. 2) (CA-PROMISv2)
Book/Monograph
The fundamental challenges and key aspects of success in building collaboration between families and service providers are discussed in this publication.
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health-Promising Practices in Wraparound for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance and Their Families, 1998 Series (Vol. 4) (CA-PROMISv4)
Book/Monograph
This publication identifies the essential elements of wraparound, provides a meta-analysis of the research previously done on the topic, and examines how three sites are turning wraparound into promising practices in their own system of care.
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health-The Role of Education in a System of Care: Effectively Serving Children with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders, 1998 Series (Vol. 3) (CA-PROMISv3)
Book/Monograph
This publication explores sites that are overcoming obstacles to educating children with serious emotional disturbance and establishing successful school-based systems of care are the subject of this publication.
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health-Training Strategies for Serving Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance and Their Families in a System of Care, 1998 Series (Vol. 5) (CA-PROMISv5)
Book/Monograph
This publication examines theories in adult learning, core values and looks at promising practices that are combining these concepts into a successful and sustainable training program.
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health-Using Evaluation Data to Manage, Improve, Market, and Sustain Children's Services, 2000 Series (Vol. 2) (CA-PROM00v2)
Book/Monograph
This publication explores promising practices in the use of evaluation data and shares a wealth of ideas and experiences from sites about using local data in ways that can impact service delivery, management, and sustainability of these services.
- Systems of Care Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health-Wraparound: Stories from the Field, 2001 Series (Vol.1) (CA Prom01v1)
Book/Monograph
This booklet uses the stories of 6 families to explore the conviction
among providers, advocates, and families that Wraparound is better,
cheaper, and more humane than conventional service delivery processes for
families of children with serious emotional disturbance.
- Systems of Care: A Promising Solution for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances and Their Families (CA-0030)
Resource List
This publication provides an overview of the Center for Mental Health Services’ Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families which supports grant sites for systems of care nationally. It highlights case studies of typical families who have benefitted from their involvement in systems of care and contains a list of resources, including contacts, suggested readings, and organizations. 1998. 6 pp.
- Teen Mental Health Problems: What are the Warning Signs (CA-0023)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article for parents and caregivers identifies signs of mental health problems in teens, including changes in mood, attitude, and behavior. 1997. 1 p.
- The Myth of the "Bad" Parent (CA-0035)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article describes management strategies for parents and other caregivers who have children with behavioral problems. 1999. 2 pp.
- The School Bully Can Take a Toll on Your Child's Mental Health (CA-0043)
Article
Ask any child what a bully looks like and he or she is likely to describe someone who is bigger and stronger. Yet, while bullies certainly are known for their ability to overpower others physically, mental bullying can be just as damaging to children.
- What You Need to Know About Youth Violence Prevention (SVP-0054)
Booklet
This guide, based on the state-of-the-science Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General, released in January 2001, and other selected research-informed sources, summarizes the latest knowledge on youth violence. It describes both risk factors that may lead to violence and protective factors that may both prevent it and promote healthy childhood development.
- When Teachers Should Refer Students to a Mental Health Professional (KEN01-0113)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides information for teachers who suspect a student may need mental health services.
- You and Mental Health: What's the Deal? Brochure (CA-0002)
Brochure
This brochure provides information on coping with the challenges of adolescence and recognizing the warning signs of mental health problems. Written for teenagers in a question and answer format, it includes a list of resources. 1995.
- You Recognize This Warning Sign, You Take Action - Can You Recognize a Probelm with Your Child's Mental Health As Well (CA-0019)
Print Ad Slick
This camera-ready print advertisement focuses on recognizing the symptoms of mental health problems. 3.pp
- Your Child’s Mental Health: Building Self-Esteem in Children (Ca-0048)
Article
This is a short article with a few helpful tips parents can use to build a strong sense of self-confidence in their children.
- Your Child’s Mental Health: Moving: Easing the Transition (Ca-0046)
Article
Easing the transition to a new home is important for children. This short article includes tips for parents.
- Your Child's Mental Health: What's Up Doc? (CA-0033)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article helps parents and other caregivers to pick up on the warning signs of children’s mental health problems. 2002. 2 pp.
- Your Childs Mental Health: 12 Questions Every Parent Should Ask (FAST FACT1)
Card
This fact card lists questions for parents to ask themselves about their child’s behavior and mental well-being and includes a list of resources for children’s mental health. 2000.
- Your Child's Mental Health: What Every Family Should Know (CA-0001)
Brochure
This brochure describes practices parents can use to nurture children's mental health and provides information on the signs and causes of emotional difficulties. Explains how to get help. 1996.
- Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General - Executive Summary (SG-YV-EXEC)
Booklet
This report--the first Surgeon General's report on youth violence-- reviews a massive body of research on where, when, and how much youth violence occurs, what causes it, and which of today's many preventive strategies are genuinely effective.
- Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General (with Executive Summary) (SG-YV)
Report
This Surgeon General's report seeks to focus on action steps that all Americans can take to help address the problem of youth violence and continue to build a legacy of health and safety for our young people and the Nation as a whole.
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