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Assessing School Engagement: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners

Publisher: 
Child Trends

This publication includes information on why school engagement matters, how out-of-school time programs can affect school engagement, and how to measure engagement.

Principles of Working with Traumatized Children

Publisher: 
Scholastic

This brief article provides an overview of how children respond when they feel threatened, along with guidelines of how caregivers should interact with traumatized children.

Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom

Publisher: 
What Works Clearinghouse

The goal of this practice guide is to formulate specific and coherent evidence-based recommendations for use by educators to address the challenge of reducing behavior problems in elementary school classrooms. The guide provides practical, clear information on critical behavior-related topics and is based on the best available evidence, as judged by the panel.

Guidelines for School-Community Partnerships: Addressing the Unmet Mental Health Needs of School Age Children

Publisher: 
Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership

This publication is designed to help schools,community mental health agencies, and other community-based organizations implement a comprehensive, coordinated children

Moving Toward a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports: The Next Evolutionary Stage in School Improvement Policy and Practice

Publisher: 
Center for Mental Health in Schools

This policy brief indicates that school improvement policies, planning, and practices have not been effective in dealing with factors leading to and maintaining students

Critical Condition: African-American Youth in the Justice System

Publisher: 
The Campaign for Youth Justice

This policy brief looks at why and how we can stop the harsh and unequal treatment of African-American youth by the justice system versus white youth, for the same offenses, at all stages in the ju

Use of Mental Health Services in the Past 12 Months by Children aged 4-17 years: United States, 2005-2006

Publisher: 
National Center for Health Statistics

This brief analyzes the use of mental health services by children aged 4-17 in the United States from 2005-2006.

Strengthening Parents' Ability to Provide the Guidance and Support that Matter Most in High School

Publisher: 
Education Commission of the States

This policy brief stresses the importance of parental involvement on a child

Series: Primers (for SAMSHA's Strategic Prevention Framework)

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This series consists of seven publications, each covering one element of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Strategic Prevention Framework.

Partnering With Communities to Promote Student Success: A Review of the Research

Publisher: 
California Department of Education

This brief examines how school-community partnerships are effective in closing the student academic achievement gap.