Improving Children's Mental Health Through Parent Empowerment - A Guide to Assisting Families

Klappentext This book is an essential guide for parent advisors and counsellors, to helping parents take charge of their children's mental health care. Zusammenfassung This book is an essential guide for parent advisors and counsellors, to helping parents take charge of their children's mental health care. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction and Background Information 2: Overview and Assessment Part I: Building a Strong Foundation for Working With Parents 3: Listening, Engagement, and Collaboration Skills 4: Boundary-Setting Skills 5: Priority-Setting Skills 6: Group Management Skills Part II: Assisting Parents in Navigating the Mental Health System 7: Getting a Mental Health Evaluation 8: Understanding Psychiatric Diagnoses 9: Considering Mental Health Treatments 10: Working With Providers 11: Specific Disorders Part III: Meeting Children's Needs Within the School System 12: Making Home and School Partnerships Work 13: School-Based Options for Special Education 14: Other Options for Special Education Part IV: Education Laws Families Should Know 15: Overview of Federal Education Laws 16: Individual Education Plan Versus Section 504 Plan Appendixes A Resources B About the Parent Empowerment Program C Index of Parent Handouts and Important Points for Parent Advisors

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kimberly Hoagwood, Peter S Jensen, Peter S. Jensen, Peter S. (EDT)/ Hoagwood Jensen
• Mitarbeit: Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood (Herausgeber), Peter S Jensen (Herausgeber), Peter S. Jensen (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 13.03.2008
• EAN: 9780195320909
• ISBN: 978-0-19-532090-9
• Seiten: 209
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Nichtklinische Fächer; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Care of the mentally ill, Child welfare, Child welfare and youth services, Care of people with mental health conditions