Children and Family Services

Assertive Community Treatment Implementation Manual—The Evidence-based Treatment Guide from The Center for Evidence-based Practices and Its Ohio Assertive Community Treatment Coordinating Center of Excellence [External link]

This booklet helps organizations implement Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), the evidence-based practice.

Assertive Community Treatment Summary [External link]

Assertive Community Treatment getting-started guide from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve

Minnesota Standards for Assertive Community Treatment [External link]

MN DHS assertive community treatment (revised 2010)

Minnesota Adult Mental Health Assertive Community Treatment Information [External link]

MN DHS web page describing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT).

What is Applied Behavior Analysis? [External link]

ABA fact sheet that defines and explains applied behavior analysis

No Spanking, No Time-Out – Atlantic Article [External link]

A child psychologist argues that punishment is a waste of time when trying to eliminate problem behavior.

Community Report on Autism [External link]

A Snapshot of Autism Spectrum Disorder among 8-year-old Children in Multiple Communities across the United States in 2014

The Adolescent Brain: New Research and Its Implications for Young People Transitioning from Foster Care [External link]

Many disciplines have contributed to the knowledge base regarding what enables young people in foster care to succeed. Now, neuroscience has added critical data to that base by revealing that in adolescence, the brain experiences a period of major development comparable to that of early childhood.

Impact Newsletter: Impact: Feature Issue on Children with Disabilities in the Child Welfare System [External link]

Issue of the publication: Impact with articles about children with disabilities in the child welfare system

Impact Newsletter: Feature Issue on Parenting Teens and Young Adults with Disabilities [External link]

Issue of the publication: Impact with articles about parenting teens and young adults with disabilities