Article of the Month
March 2004
Youth Resiliency and Risk Factors, Crisis
Intervention and Follow-up Support
The first resource is a guide from the website of the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
(which, by the way, has numerous resources on a number of different topics
related to mental health and children). The website introduction to the guide Early
Warning: Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools reads:
This guide should be seen as part of an overall effort to make sure that every
school in this nation has a comprehensive violence prevention plan in place…The
guidelines in this report are based on research and the positive experiences of
schools around the country where the value and potential of each and every
child is cherished and where good practices have produced, and continue to
produce, successful students and communities.
Riley and Reno Letter http://cecp.air.org/guide/files/letter.htm
Executive Summary http://cecp.air.org/guide/files/executivesummary.htm
Section 1: A Guide to Safe Schools http://cecp.air.org/guide/files/1.htm
Section 2: Characteristics of a School that
is Safe and Responsive to Children’s Needs http://cecp.air.org/guide/files/2.htm
Section 3: Early Warning Signs http://cecp.air.org/guide/files/3.htm
Section 4: Intervention: Getting Help for
Troubled Children http://cecp.air.org/guide/files/4.htm
Section 5: Developing a Prevention and
Response Plan http://cecp.air.org/guide/files/5.htm
Section 6: Responding to Crisis http://cecp.air.org/guide/files/6.htm
Section 7: Conclusion http://cecp.air.org/guide/files/7.htm
Section 8: Methodology, Contributors and
Research Support http://cecp.air.org/guide/files/8.htm
Resources: http://cecp.air.org/guide/files/resources.htm
The two articles below are very helpful in understanding
resilience and how to increase resilience in children and adolescents, both
from Reaching Today’s Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal:
Beyond Individual Resilience (http://cecp.air.org/resources/journals/RTY/individualresilience.htm)
Growing Resilience: Creating Opportunities for Resilience to
Thrive (http://cecp.air.org/resources/journals/RTY/resilience.htm)
Systemic Change: Mental Health in the Public
Schools
This article, The
Stages of Systemic Change by Beverly Anderson, is from the journal Educational
Leadership. In a brief narrative and an excellent chart, Dr. Anderson lays
out helpful information when considering changes in public schools.
Click here to
get a listing of resources from UCLA’s
School Mental Health in Schools on systemic change in the public
schools, especially as it relates to school mental health.