This volume is the product of a combined effort to find programs of
service delivery that demonstrably treat the varieties of mental
health problems of children and their families. The Section on
Clinical Child Psychology (APA, Clinical Psychology Section I) and
the Division of Child, Youth, and Family Services (APA, Division
37) established a task force whose mission was to identify, provide
recognition for, and disseminate information on such programs.
Their findings are presented here. The opening chapter and each
section overview chapter provide orientations to the program
descriptions and examine characteristics of exemplary
interventions. The targeted problems include: child abuse and
neglect, school adjustment problems, social problem-solving
problems, autism and developmental disabilities, conduct disorders
and severe emotional problems, children affected by disasters and
trauma, children whose parents are divorced, children of teenage
parents, family dysfunction and parent-child relationships,
oppositional defiant disorder, and attention deficit disorder.
Settings for interventions in the model programs include: schools,
mental health centers and family guidance clinics, hospitals and
pediatric practices, group homes and sheltered workshops, community
centers, family homes, summer camps, and coordinated systems of
care. The 18 programs described demonstrate the rationale for their
interventions, their targeted populations, the type of staff and
personnel, various programmatic interventions, aspects of the
problems, implementation of interventions, and how the programs
have been evaluated.
The needs for improved mental health services remain strong. The
supporting organizations and the members of the Task Force intend
for the product of this project to be helpful in providing models
for meeting those needs.
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