School mental health : global challenges and opportunities /

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Imprint:Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Description:xii, 321 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10299773
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Other authors / contributors:Kutcher, Stan, 1951- editor.
Wei, Yifeng, editor.
Weist, Mark D., editor.
ISBN:9781107053908
1107053900
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book related to fundamental recognitions that 1) children, adolescents, and families usually make no or very poor connections to specialty mental health (see Atkins et al. 1998; Catron, Harris, & Weiss, 1999), 2) schools are where children and youth are, and 3) many advantages accrue when education, mental health, and other youth-serving systems join together to better meet the mental health needs of students, in ways that reflect reducing and removing barriers to learning (Andis et al., 2002; Weist, 1997). National and global networks are increasingly recognizing the centrality of the SMH agenda as reflected in increasing funding, growing training opportunities, key policy initiatives, and an advancing research base that involves localities, states, regions and countries pursuing common themes"--