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Collins, Mary Elizabeth; Mowbray, Carol T. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2008
Because of advances in psychotropic medications, psychiatric rehabilitation methods, the implementation of civil rights legislation, and empowerment movement of consumers with psychiatric disabilities, students with mental illnesses are increasingly able to access and complete higher education. Disability services offices on college campuses can…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities
Hodges, Kay; Leaf, Phillip J.; Behar, Lenore B.; Hersch, Phyllis; Irvin, Elizabeth; Lemoine, Randall L.; Stelle, Lynn; Speier, Tony; Ellzey, Sally; Pine, Jo; Schwartz, Aimee; Perkins, Stephen – 1996
These four symposium papers provide examples of different states that have experimented with various criteria and approaches in developing youth mental health services. The four states profiled, North Carolina, Arizona, Louisiana, and Massachusetts, are using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) to assess impairment in…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adolescents, Children, Eligibility
Behar, Lenore; And Others – 1994
The Fort Bragg Child Mental Health Demonstration Project is an integrated services system which provides a comprehensive, organized system of mental health and substance abuse services. The project serves approximately 46,000 children (under 18 years of age) in the Fort Bragg catchment area (a 5,000 square mile area within a 40-mile radius of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Children, Drug Abuse
Martner, Jan, Ed.; Magrab, Phyllis, Ed. – 1989
This study addresses seven components of Public Law 99-457 which relate to mental health intervention to meet the comprehensive early needs of infants and toddlers with, or at risk for, disabilities. The seven components include: the definition of "developmentally delayed"; multidisciplinary evaluation; the individualized family service…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, At Risk Persons, Community Control, Delivery Systems