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Welcome to rtcUpdates for June 2004!

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CONTENTS OF THIS UPDATE:
** DISCUSSIONS--Getting Your Money's Worth
** FOCAL POINT--Summer Issue Now Available
** RTC PUBLICATIONS & PRODUCTS--Recently Produced & Newly Available Downloads
** SELECT RTC PUBLICATIONS CD-ROM--Our Most Popular and Recent Publications Now on CD
** DATA TRENDS--Recent Research Summaries
** REGARDING TRANSMISSION OF VIRUSES
** FROM THE WEB--Online Information and Sites of Interest

** DISCUSSIONS--Getting Your Money's Worth

This month's Featured Discussion focuses on research about the effectiveness of mental health consultation services in early childhood education programs. We invite you to read a summary of findings and to contribute your thoughts about what works (or doesn't work) to meet the mental health needs of young children in educational programs.
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgFeaturedDiscussions.php

** FOCAL POINT

* NEW SUMMER 2004 Focal Point: Partnering with Families, Volume 18(1)

Articles in the Summer 2004 issue of Focal Point include:
* Partnering with Families
* Disclosure and Reciprocity: On the Job Strategies for Taking Care of Business and Family
* Getting Your Money?s Worth: What Early Childhood Program Directors Should Know About Working with Mental Health Professionals
* Promoting Inclusion in Child Care Centers: Learning from Success
* Underrepresented Researchers Mentoring Program: One Mentee?s Story
* Team Practices to Increase Individualization in Wraparound
* Wraparound and Juvenile Justice: Making a Connection that Works
* Partnership in Evaluation: Training Implications
* Family Participation in Out-of-Home Treatment Settings: Challenges and Opportunities

To read and download these and other Focal Point articles, visit http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgFocalPoint.shtml

You can also search for and download Focal Point issues and articles from our newly updated Publications web page. (Select issues still available in print and available to order.)
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php

If you are not already on our print mailing list and would like to receive the future issues of Focal Point, please add your name to our mailing list using the "Update or join our mailing list" link from the Focal Point page on our website. If you already receive Focal Point and your address has changed, please update your contact information using the same link.
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgFocalPoint.shtml

** RTC PUBLICATIONS & PRODUCTS

* Publications Recently Produced:

NEW Walker, J. & Tullis, K. (Eds.) (2004). Focal Point: A National Bulletin on Family Support and Children's Mental Health: Partnering with Families, 18(1), Summer 2004. (ENTIRE ISSUE) Portland, OR: Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, Portland State University.
AVAILABLE TO ORDER OR DOWNLOAD FOR FREE from our publications page
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php (search by author or title)

NEW Gordon, L. J., Tullis, K., Hanson, A., Magee, A., Everhart, M., & Bradley, J. (Eds.) (2004). Building on family strengths: Research and services in support of children and their families. 2002 conference proceedings. Portland, OR: Portland State University, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health.
Download for FREE at http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php (search by author or title)
Also available on the "SELECT RTC PUBLICATIONS" CD-ROM (see below for more information about ordering the CD-ROM)

NEW Bradley, J. R., Brennan, E. M., & Cawood, N. (2004) Opening doors to inclusion in childcare centers: Lessons from directors and staff. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. M. Friedman (Eds.), The 16th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (pp. 333-336). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Chidlren's Mental Health.
Download at http://www.fmhi.usf.edu/institute/pubs/pdf/cfs/rtc/16thproceedings/16thchap07.htm

NEW Jivanjee, P., Schutte, K., Robinson, A., & Koroloff, N. (2004). Family involvement in evaluation: Evaluator perspectives. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. M. Friedman (Eds.), The 16th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (pp. 101-104). Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Chidlren's Mental Health.
Download at http://www.fmhi.usf.edu/institute/pubs/pdf/cfs/rtc/16thproceedings/16thchap02.htm

NEW Robinson, A., Jivanjee, P., Friesen, B., & Kruzich, J. M. (2004). Barriers and suppports to family participation: What residential treatment providers need to know. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. M. Friedman (Eds.), The 16th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (pp. 105-110). Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Chidlren's Mental Health.
Download at http://www.fmhi.usf.edu/institute/pubs/pdf/cfs/rtc/16thproceedings/16thchap02.htm

NEW Walker, J., Koroloff, N., & Schutte, K. (2004). Implementing high quality individualized service/support planning: Necessary conditions at the team, organization, and system levels. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. M. Friedman (Eds.), The 16th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (pp. 275-280). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Chidlren's Mental Health.
Download at http://www.fmhi.usf.edu/institute/pubs/pdf/cfs/rtc/16thproceedings/16thchap06.htm

*Newly available downloads:

Jivanjee, P., Sieverin-Held, D. & Siepmann, J. (Eds.). (1999). Family participation in therapeutic foster care: Multiple perspectives. A final report on a study of families and therapeutic foster parents as partners. Portland, OR: Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, Portland State University.
AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE OR ORDER from our publications page http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php (search by author or title)

McManus, M. C. (Ed.) (1988). Focal Point: A National Bulletin on Family Support and Children's Mental Health: Services to Minority Populations: What Does it Mean to be a Culturally Competent Professional, 2(4), Summer 1988. (ENTIRE ISSUE) Portland, OR: Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, Portland State University.
AVAILABLE TO ORDER OR DOWNLOAD FOR FREE from our publications page http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php (search by author or title)

McManus, M. C. (Ed.) (1988). Focal Point: A National Bulletin on Family Support and Children's Mental Health: Services to Minority Populations: Cultural Competence Continuum, 3(1), Fall 1988. (ENTIRE ISSUE) Portland, OR: Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, Portland State University.
AVAILABLE TO ORDER OR DOWNLOAD FOR FREE from our publications page http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php (search by author or title)

* Enhanced Online Search Feature

The RTC has an enhanced publications search and order form. Search by key phrases, type of publication, author, date of publication, and more. http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php

* Publications Available in PDF Format

The RTC has added over two hundred "PDFs" of our publications to our main publications page. Now you can download and print out more of our conference proceedings, reports, Focal Point articles, Data Trends, and other publications for free. http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php

** SELECT RTC PUBLICATIONS CD-ROM--Our Most Popular and Recent Publications Now on CD

Our new CD-ROM contains our most popular and recent publications in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).

The CD-ROM contains
* nine volumes of Conference Proceedings (including the newly available 2002 Conference Proceedings)
* 97 issues of Data Trends (through April 2004)
* 12 of our most recent and popular issues of Focal Point, as well as * eight monographs and reports

Order for $4.00 from our publications page
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php (search in title field and type the letters "CD") or send an e-mail request to rtcpubs@pdx.edu

** DATA TRENDS--Recent Research Summaries?CELEBRATING 100 ISSUES!

Announcing our 100th issue of Data Trends! We appreciate your interest and readership since Data Trends from our center began in 2000. Our list membership continues to grow. Thank you for becoming a part of the Learning Community, and for letting us know what topics you are currently interested in. Keep in touch by sending your comments and suggestions to bradleyj@pdx.edu. We look forward to continuing to bring you the latest developments in the field of children's mental health.

* Evidence-Based Practice and a Recovery Approach to Mental Illness (#100)
* Clinicians and How They Use and View Outcome Measurement (#99)
* The Effects of Having a Child with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) on Family Members and Family Management (#98)
* The Relationships Between Poverty and Psychopathology (#97)
* Mental Health Consultation in Child Care Centers (#96)
* Maternal Employment when Children Have Disabilities (#95)
* Parents' and Teachers' Perceptions of Self-Determination for High School Students with Disabilities (#94)
* Developing Fidelity Criteria and The Evaluation of Mental Health Interventions (#93)
* Depictions of Mental Illness in Children's Media (#92)

Visit our "Data Trends" web page at http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgDataTrends.shtml

You can also search for and download all Data Trends from our Publications web page http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php

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* For specific Data Trends topics type a keyword or phrase in "Phrase" and click "Get"

** REGARDING TRANSMISSION OF VIRUSES

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* Data Trends emails are sent out twice monthly only and will always have the subject indicating the Data Trends number and title, e.g. "Data Trends #98: The Effects of Having a Child with ADHD..."
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** FROM THE WEB--Online Information and Sites of Interest

** Increasing Rates of School Completion
A new report from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition, ?Increasing Rates of School Completion: Moving from Policy and Research to Practice,? describes eleven proven interventions for increasing school completion among youth with disabilities.
http://www.ncset.org/publications/essentialtools/dropout/default.asp

** Reducing Risk and Strengthening Quality of School Medication Management
More students are taking medication during the school day, which means many school secretaries or teachers are responsible for administering proper doses at proper times. The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools reviews methods to reduce risk of error and liability for schools, including properly storing students' meds and keeping carefully written policies, instructions and records.
http://www.healthinschools.org/sh/issuebrief.asp

** Beyond the Methodological Gold Standards of Behavioral Research
In the latest Social Policy Report from the Society for Research in Child Development, Beth Green and Robert McCall explore the range of methodological tools available beyond the ?gold standard? of behavioral research (randomized controlled experiments). They argue that the experimental method is not always the most valid or valuable research methodology.
http://www.srcd.org/spr18-2.pdf

** When Evidence-Based Medicine Isn?t What it Seems
Many states are exploring policies for using only evidence-based approaches to treat mental illness. In a press release last month, the National Mental Health Association cautioned decision-makers against relying exclusively on such programs and treatments as "a move that would ignore promising treatment and services." Furthermore, they warned that "the label 'evidence-based medicine' may be misused to contain costs and limit access to treatments..."
http://www.nmha.org/newsroom/system/news.vw.cfm?do=vw&rid=603

** Improving the Human Services Workforce
The latest issue of AdvoCasey, the Annie E. Casey Foundation's policy magazine, explores the workforce crisis plaguing children and family services. Foundation president Doug Nelson highlights the need for renewed focus on frontline workers serving needy kids and families. Other articles document this challenge in Greenville, South Carolina; Michigan's "just-in-time" hiring process; and Cincinnati's pay-for-performance contract with area human services workers.
http://www.aecf.org/publications/advocasey/spring2004/index.htm

** Former Foster Youth: How Are They Faring?
Illinois foster youth who become ineligible for government-funded services as they age out of the child welfare system face steep challenges on the road to adulthood, according to Chapin Hall's "Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth." This report presents preliminary findings for a sample of 474 Illinois foster youth from the first wave of the study. The research found that less than half of the young people aging out of foster care reported being offered any help with money management, finding housing or employment, or other key services, but they were much more likely than their non-foster counterparts to receive psychological counseling, family planning services, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, and substance abuse counseling.
http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract_new.asp?ar=1359&L2=61&L3=130

** Youth Development and Leadership
This newly-revised NCSET Web Topic explores the benefits of youth development and leadership, and how youth can get involved in the many opportunities available to them for developing leadership.
http://www.ncset.org/topics/leadership/default.asp?topic=31

** Vaccines Safe, Says Institute of Medicine
Examining the evidence for the hypothesis that childhood vaccines can cause autism, the Institute of Medicine has concluded there is no causal relationship.
http://www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=20155

** Special Issue of Mt. Sinai Journal of Medicine
The June issue commemorates the 35th anniversary of the Mt. Sinai Adolescent Health Center (AHC). The AHC serves youth ages 10-21 and their children (regardless of ability to pay), and provides comprehensive, culturally sensitive, age-appropriate health and mental health services to adolescents in New York City and beyond. Articles in the special issue include: ?Fostering Resilience in Adolescent Females,? ?Nutrition and Eating Disorders in Adolescents,? ?Foster Children with Special Needs: The Children's Aid Society Experience,? ?Legal and Ethical Issues Facing Adolescent Health Care Professionals,? and more.
http://www.mssm.edu/msjournal/

** Public Disclosure of Drug Trials
Controversy regarding the nature of reporting results of clinical drug trials has increased recently, in part due to disclosures that, in clinical trials of antidepressants in children, favorable results were disproportionately publicized by drug companies. As a remedy, both the American Medical Association and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors are proposing a centralized, public database for registry of clinical trials. Outcomes of all clinical trials?including those with negative results?would be included, thereby lessening the possibility that negative results would be inadequately publicized.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/15/business/15drug.html

** Hager Nominated for Assistant Secretary of Education
President Bush has nominated former Virginia Lieutenant Governor John H. Hager to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige has announced. Press release dated June 2, 2004.
http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2004/06/06022004.html

** New Data from the Child Trends DataBank
The Child Trends DataBank is an online resource of indicators of child and youth well-being. The What Works section of their website has been expanded to include more links to information about programs and interventions that influence the development and well-being of young children, as well as additional tables about which programs work for youth.
http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/

** Violence Among U.S. Teenagers
A study reported in the June 2004 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that American teenagers are no more prone to violence than their counterparts in four other countries (Ireland, Israel, Portugal, and Sweden), but bullying tends to be more common in the U.S. and violence among American teens is more likely to result in death.
http://www.healthinschools.org/2004/jun08_alert.asp

** Suicide Rate for Children, Teens Drops
Child and teen suicide rates are down about 25 percent in the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gun suicides, in particular, fell sharply.
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040610.htm

** Self-Determination for Postsecondary Students
This revised NCSET Web Topic explores how self-determination (the combined skills of self-awareness, self-advocacy, self-efficacy, decision-making, independent performance, self-evaluation, and adjustment) can contribute to an individualšs ability to establish and achieve his or her own goals during and after higher education experiences. This includes an introduction, frequently asked questions, related research, emerging practices, Web sites, and additional resources. Revised in June 2004.
http://www.ncset.org/topics/sdpse/default.asp?topic=7

** Autism Society of America Web Site Launches Spanish Section
The Autism Society of America recently announced the launch of a Spanish-language section on its award-winning Web site, responding to the ever-growing need of the Hispanic community for bilingual information on autism spectrum disorders.
http://www.autism-society.org/

** Money Smart
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has launched a free training program called Money Smart to teach adults outside the financial mainstream better money and banking skills. The program, which consists of 10 instructor-led modules on basic financial topics, can be a tool for organizations which train persons with disabilities, since one in three Americans with disabilities lives at or below the poverty level.
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/

** Keys to Cultural Competence
This monograph, published by the Family Caregiver Alliance, offers advice for non-Latino health and human service practitioners on how to work with Latino families and informal caregivers. It uses case studies to illustrate how specific cultural characteristics, such as language, customs, and religion, can impact caregiving situations, and offers suggestions on ways cultural competence can be improved at organizational and policy levels. Available in PDF (31 pp).
http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=1095

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