Weekly Insider 01.04.2009
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools Weekly Insider is a web-enhanced
newsletter that offers news alerts,
grant announcements and general web site updates delivered directly to your email box on a weekly
basis. The Center is located at the
School of Public Health and Health Services at
The George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
New Resources
Improving Mental Health Services in Primary Care: Reducing the Administrative and Financial Barriers to Access Collaboration has just been released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the America Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. This report suggests that primary care clinicians provide mental health services and recommends strategies to overcome the key impediments of providing mental health services with primary care services.
A Cultural, Linguistic, and Ecological Framework for Response to Intervention with English Language Learners, written by the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems, is a practitioner brief that illuminates early intervention through research-based practices for English Language Learners.
Addressing the Mental Health Problems of Border and Immigrant Youth from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network reports on the living conditions and challenges faced by families and youth living in border towns and how these factors affect mental health.
New from the Center
Caring Across Communities, a multi-site initiative addressing the mental health needs of children of immigrants and refugees, is managed by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools. With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 15 sites across the U.S. are developing model mental health programs that engage schools, families, students, mental health agencies and other community organizations to build effective, culturally competent services for children and youth. To check out the tools and lessons learned from each site, please click here.
On March 24, the Center hosted a webinar -- Language Issues when Working with Refugees and Immigrants in the Health/Mental Health Field. To access an archived version of both the powerpoint presentation and audio, click here.
A new issue brief, Supporting the Mental Health of Immigrant and Refugee Students Through Family Engagement by Ms. Eileen Kugler will be released soon by The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools as part of the Robert Wood Johnson funded Caring Across Communities program. This issue brief explores the cultural challenges and barriers to meeting the mental health needs of immigrant and refugee students. The brief identifies successful strategies and highlights innovative models that have reduced cultural stigma and language differences and enabled parent involvement and provision of mental health care within the school environment. Check back here in the coming weeks for info on how to access this exciting new brief!
Important TopicPublic Health Awareness
April is Sexually Transmitted Diseases Awareness Month
National Public Health Week: April 6 – 12, 2009 – Building the Foundation for a Health America
Inspiration in Greensburg: The Vital Role of Public Health – Greensburg, Kansas was completely destroyed by a tornado and during the response, public health has played an integral role in providing vital services to Greensburg community members. This link provides a description and video regarding the benefit of public health services.
Upcoming Meetings
Previously Posted Meetings
Job opportunities
Mental Health America – Development Director (Alexandria, VA)
Wisconsin School District – School Nurse (Milwaukee, WI)
The Madonna Heights Residential Treatment Center – Psychologist (Dix Hills, New York)
Western Colorado School District – School Psychologist (Western, Colorado)
New Alternatives for Children, Inc. – Social Worker (New York, NY)
Mount Anthony Union High School – School Nurse (Bennington, VT)
Grant Alerts
The Office Depot Foundation – Children and Communities Grant (Deadline: 4/30/09)
The Office Depot Foundation focuses on making a difference in children’s lives by supporting activities that serve, teach and inspire children, youth and families. The Foundation strives to enhance communities by supporting civic organizations and activities that address community needs.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Statewide Family Network Grant (Deadline: 5/14/09)
The purpose of the Statewide Family Network Grant program is to enhance State capacity and infrastructure to more adequately address the needs of children and adolescents with emotional disturbances.
United Methodist Women – A Brighter Future for Children and Youth Grants (Deadline: 7/1/09)
The Women’s division of The United Methodist Church offers grants for projects and programs addressing the needs of children and young people between the ages of 5 to 18 in the areas of violence prevention, anti-abuse and relationship abuse.
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention – Recovery Act Local Youth Mentoring Initiative (Deadline: 4/20/09)
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will make awards to support local organizations that develop, implement, or expand local mentoring programs leading to measurable, positive outcomes for at-risk youth. This initiative also strives to enhance capacity of local mentoring programs to develop and implement mentoring services.
Quaker Oats – Go Grants (Deadline: 7/31/09)
Quaker Oats has created the Quaker Go Project to support efforts providing hunger relief to local communities.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement – Ethnic Community Self-Help Grant (Deadline: 2/24/10)
The State Farm/Mothers Against Drunk Driving Good Decision Service-Learning program is offering grants to teachers, school-based service-learning coordinators, and community organizations that work with children and youth (ages 5 to 25) to implement a service-learning project on underage alcohol use prevention or vehicle safety.
New Resources
Improving Mental Health Services in Primary Care: Reducing the Administrative and Financial Barriers to Access Collaboration has just been released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the America Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. This article recognizes that only 20% to 25% of children with a diagnosable mental disorder receives treatment. Therefore, the article posits that with adequate training and collaboration, primary care clinicians could deliver mental health services to children and adolescents. The article presents the principles of primary care clinicians administering mental health services. Additionally, recommendations for insurance purchasers, payers, and behavioral health organizations are presented.
A Cultural, Linguistic, and Ecological Framework for Response to Intervention with English Language Learners written by the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems, is a practitioner brief that illuminates early intervention through research-based practices for English Language Learners. Response to Intervention (RTI) is based on personalized instruction ensuring each child’s unique needs are evaluated and that each child is provided with appropriate instructions in order to have opportunities to succeed in school. RTI also requires collaboration among all educators and school health providers to ensure best practices of the various fields of education and related services. Providers working with refugee children may find this Response to Intervention method helpful in providing English Language Learner instruction.
Addressing the Mental Health Problems of Border and Immigrant Youth from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network reports on the living conditions and challenges faced by families and youth living in border towns. This report addresses issues that influence mental health including cultural collision, questioning identity, socioeconomic and environmental challenges, violence, fear, substance use and barriers to care. Providers offering services to immigrant youth will find the reported recommendations useful for addressing youth needs.
Job opportunities
Mental Health America – Development Director (Alexandria, VA)
Mental Health America is seeking a Development Director who will direct, coordinate and provide overall strategic support for the activities necessary to attract major donors to the organization. Additionally, the Director will strengthen foundation relations by charting strategies, reviewing grant applications and facilitating an approach to get support and work with other foundations. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.nmha.org/go/career
Wisconsin School District – School Nurse (Milwaukee, WI)
Wisconsin School District is seeking RNs to work with elementary populations for the 2009 – 2010 school year. Responsibilities include coordinating and providing nursing care for students, organizing health care screenings and educational programs, and collaborating with school staff, families and healthcare agencies to administer appropriate healthcare services.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.soliant.com/jobs/nursing-jobs-in-wisconsin-schools/j/533599/b/
The Madonna Heights Residential Treatment Center – Psychologist (Dix Hills, NY)
The Madonna Heights Residential Treatment Center is seeking a full-time psychologist. Responsibilities include diagnostic testing, evaluations and reports, chairing treatment meetings, providing clinical team leadership, developing individualized crisis management and behavioral plans, and providing direct clinical services.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/332733-197
Western Colorado School District – School Psychologist (Western CO)
A western Colorado school district is in need of two School Psychologists to provide therapy and testing to an existing caseload.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.soliant.com/jobs/school-psychologists-needed-in-western-colorado/j/545390/b/
New Alternatives for Children, Inc. – Social Worker (New York, NY)
New Alternatives for Children is an innovative child welfare agency seeking applicants for a Social Worker doing health care integration. Responsibilities include engaging children and care givers to assess relevant child and family dynamics, evaluating the need for Brighes to Health services, developing and implementing a child and family service plan and providing adequate services to the children. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/329694-174
Mount Anthony Union High School – School Nurse (Bennington, VT)
Mount Anthony Union High School is seeking a school nurse. Responsibilities include working with medically fragile children, maintain appropriate school and state statistical information, interpreting the health and developmental assessments to parents, teachers and administrators, provide counseling as appropriate and collaborating with other school personnel. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.schoolspring.com/job.cfm?jid=26317
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