School mental health services

Weist, M. D. (1997). Expanded school mental health services A national movement in progress. In T. H. Ollendick R. J. Prinz (Eds.), Advances in clinical child psychology Vol. 19, pp. 319-352). New York Plenum Press. 

The evolution of school mental health services has occurred over a long time span and reflects social developments outside of education, changes in dominant philosophies and approaches to public education, and developments in those professional fields that relate to school mental health. 

Walrath, C Bruns, E. J., Anderson, K., Glass-Siegel, M., Weist, M. (in press). The nature of expanded school mental health services in Baltimore. Behavior Modification. 

Chftracteristics and Funding of School Mental Health Services Study... 

The mental health community has a major role to play in the community schools movement. The work that has already been done to build constituency for mental health services in schools is a strong foundation on which to build. In order to be consistent with the goals of community schools, mental health services should abide by the following principles. 

Weist, M. D., Myers, C. P., Danforth, J., McNeil, D. W., Ollendick, T. H., Hawkins, R. (2000). Expanded school mental health services Assessing needs relate to school level and geography. Community Mental Health Journal, 36, 259-274. 

FUNDING SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WITHIN A SYSTEM OF CARE... 

Assistance (csmha) identified several standards of high-quality care for expanded school mental health services ... 

There is growing consensus in the developmental literature that adolescents who have reached the age of 13 years have the same cognitive capacity as adults to provide consent for treatment (Scherer Reppucci, 1988 Shields Johnson, 1992). However, states differ regarding the age of consent for mental health treatment. If a troubled 13-year-old voluntarily seeks expanded school mental health services without parental consent (perhaps the parent is unavailable, has refused services, or the adolescent feels he would be in danger, if he tells his parent that he is seeking services), the law in many states requires that services be denied (Shields Johnson, 1992). 

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