Children and youth with behavioral health needs may use one or more services in their lives. These services include mental health, juvenile justice, child welfare, public health, education, and health care. Families can find it difficult to access more than one of these services. It is even harder to support a child or young person […]
Schools are a natural place for students to receive mental health support due to the extensive amount of time they spend in educational settings. Students identified as at risk for mental health issues are more likely to receive adequate support if these services are provided in school rather than in the community. Therefore, it is important that […]
Children and youth spend a significant amount of time participating in public education, and, therefore, schools are a location where mental health assessment, prevention, early identification, and treatment can be provided. Untreated, mental health issues can create a significant barrier for children and youth as they seek learning and educational success. Placing children’s mental health […]
Many School-linked Mental Health programs are considered positive supports. Children and youth spend a large part of the day in school settings. Creating opportunities for mental health services to be offered in schools can make it easier to help children and youth. Families do not need to schedule times to visit a clinic or hospital […]
Adult Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a service delivery model for supporting persons with serious mental illness, multiple diagnoses and complex treatment needs. A goal of ACT is to promote recovery by providing access to treatment in the community that is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day and by providing rehabilitation. People […]
Story about Brendan, a very happy, energetic, young boy who, prior to implementing Positive Behavior Support (PBS), Brendan had severe challenging behavior.
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a positive support. People with mental illness use this positive support so that they can live on their own. ACT helps a person to be more successful at home and at work. A team works with each person to make sure he has what he needs anytime day or night. […]
Applied Behavior Analysis History Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is “the science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in behavior” (Cooper, Heron, & Heward, 2007). In 1968, Baer, Wolf, and Risley defined ABA studies […]