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Behavioral Institute LinksThe following links will connect you with some of our colleagues and resources. These links to third party sites will allow you to leave the www.behavioralinstitute.org Web site. The Institute is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained within those sites. We are providing these links as a convenience and the inclusion does not imply endorsement of the site by the Institute. If you have a recommended link for our list, please contact us. Thank you! State Departments of Education Associations & Advocacy Groups Related Information & Organizations For Kids (and teachers/parents)
Developmental Therapy Institute National Association for the Humor Impaired Partners for Violence Prevention MN Youth Intervention Programs Association
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (www.aacap.org) This site is designed to serve both AACAP Members, and Parents and Families. Information is provided as a public service to aid in the understanding and treatment of the developmental, behavioral, and mental disorders which affect an estimated 7 to 12 million children and adolescents at any given time in the United States. You will find information on child and adolescent psychiatry, fact sheets for parents and caregivers, AACAP membership, current research, practice guidelines, managed care information, awards and fellowship descriptions, meeting information, and much more. Council for Exceptional Children (www.cec.sped.org)
Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (www.ccdb.net)
Minnesota Council for Exceptional Children (www.MNCEC.org) National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (www.nasmhpd.org) Founded in 1959 and based in Alexandria, VA, the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) represents the $29.5 billion public mental health service delivery system serving 6.1 million people annually in all 50 states, 4 territories, and the District of Columbia. NASMHPD (pronounced “NASH-bid”) operates under a cooperative agreement with the National Governors Association and is the only national association to represent state mental health commissioners/directors and their agencies. National Association of School Psychologists (www.nasponline.org) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (www.ncjfcj.org)
State Departments of Education A selection of State Departments of Education with downloadable resources: Minnesota Department of Education (http://education.state.mn.us) Connecticut Department of Education (http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/site/default.asp) Florida Department of Education (http://www.fldoe.org/default.asp) Michigan Department of Education (http://michigan.gov/mde) North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (http://www.ncpublicschools.org) Oregon Department of Education (http://www.ode.state.or.us) South Carolina Department of Education (http://ed.sc.gov) Tennessee Department of Education (http://tennessee.gov/education) Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (http://dpi.state.wi.us/index.html)
Associations & Advocacy Groups Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health (www.macmh.org) Minnesota Disability Law Center (www.mndlc.org) The Minnesota Disability Law Center (MDLC) addresses the unique legal needs of persons with disabilities.A statewide project, MDLC provides free civil legal assistance to individuals with disabilities on legal issues that are related to their disabilities. Pacer Center (www.pacer.org)
Related Information and Organizations
About Our Kids (www.aboutourkids.org) The New York University Child Study Center is dedicated to increasing the awareness of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders and improving the research necessary to advance the prevention, identification, and treatment of these disorders on a national scale.
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (http://cecp.air.org/default.asp) It is the mission of the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice to support and promote a reoriented national preparedness to foster the development and the adjustment of children with or at risk of developing serious emotional disturbance. To achieve that goal, the Center is dedicated to a policy of collaboration at Federal, state, and local levels that contributes to and facilitates the production, exchange, and use of knowledge about effective practices. Legal Information on the Internet (www.ed.sc.edu/spedlaw/Legal.htm) This information has been compiled by Institute faculty member Mitchell L. Yell, Ph.D.
Minnesota Parents Know (http://MNParentsKnow.info) This site, created by the Minnesota Department of Education in collaboration with the Department of Health, Department of Human Services and other public and private organizations, offers Minnesota parents a convenient source for trusted knowledge on their child's health, learning, development and safety.
Project Reach (www.lehigh.edu/projectreach/) Project REACH is a National Center, funded by the Office of Special Education Programs for 5 years, to work with students with intensive social, emotional, and behavioral needs. The project is a collaborative effort between Lehigh University and the University of California, Riverside. The central themes of the project are intervention-based assessment, ecologically and culturally responsive practices, and collaboration across systems of care.
Special Educators America (www.specialeducatorsamerica.com) Created by 2004 Tara Reilly Memorial Scholarship winner Christopher W. Roberts, Ed.S., NCSP, SpecialEducatorsAmerica.com was born out of the difficulty in finding qualified special education personnel to fill the needs of local school districts. Our mission at Special Educators America is to bring the “highly qualified” special education professionals together with school districts and other educational organizations throughout the country.
Special Education Resources on the Internet (www.seriweb.com/) Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location.
G.R.E.A.T. Program - Gang Resistance Education and Training (www.great-online.org) The G.R.E.A.T. Program is a school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curriculum. The program's primary objective is prevention and is intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership.
Helping America's Youth (www.helpingamericasyouth.gov) Helping America’s Youth is a nationwide effort, initiated by President George W. Bush and led by First Lady Laura Bush, to benefit children and teenagers by encouraging action in three key areas: family, school, and community.
OSEP Ideas that
work -Tool Kit (www.osepideasthatwork.org/toolkit/index.asp) (http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/news_at_glance/213462/topstory.html) Did you know? In 2003, the juvenile violent crime arrest rate was at its lowest level since the late 1980s. In addition, the juvenile arrest rate for murder in 2003 was substantially below any year in the 1980s or 1990s. Assistant Attorney General Regina Schofield announced the release of the Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report at the 33d National Conference on Juvenile Justice, held March 26-29, 2006, in Denver, CO. This OJJDP Report presents a comprehensive, reliable, user-friendly account of juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and the justice system's response to these problems.
School mental health project (http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/temphome.htm)
Oregon Resilience Project
(http://orp.uoregon.edu/publications.htm)
www.MinnesotaHelp.info (www.MinnesotaHelp.info) Navigate Minnesota's Land of Over 10,000 Helping Agencies - MinnesotaHelp.info is a navigational Web site with simple searching of non-profit government and business agencies that can help with a variety of services for youth, people with disabilities, families and more.
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation/Kids Count News (www.aecf.org) Since 1948, the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) has worked to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States. The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families. KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, has released the 2005 KIDS COUNT Data Book featuring 10 key measures it has used to track the well-being of children in each state since 1990. The data is used to provide state profiles of child well-being and to rank the states.
For Kids (and teachers/parents)
Professor Garfield Foundation Learning Portal (www.professorgarfield.org) The PGF learning portal is a fun interactive online environment where children can safely explore, learn and creatively express themselves. The Foundation was formed in 2003 as a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization to provide children, parents, and teachers an opportunity to enhance and support classroom learning in new and innovative ways. PGF offers fun, engaging and transforming educational content for school children between kindergarten and 8th grade. The educational content is upgraded continuously and presented in a popular culture entertainment format. All of the content has been reviewed by educational experts and tested in classroom settings.
Virtual Library - National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention This site provides links to a wide range of excellent resource and research information. The Promote Prevent Library is a searchable database of resources and materials selected and reviewed by National Center staff. Materials include published works, peer-reviewed research, curricula, and web-based resources that aim to provide up-to-date information on topics relevant to mental health promotion and youth violence prevention in schools.
EROD - Education Resource Organizations Directory Linked to the U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov, the EROD site provides a search engine of organizations that provide resources and/or assistance on a broad range of education-related topics. EROD currently contains contact and descriptive information about more than 2,950 national, regional, and state organizations.
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