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• 1. [Article] Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: An Evaluation Tool Kit

  For states, communities, agencies and programs investing in early childhood mental health consultation and committed to quality data. This web-based resource combines a brief review of the literature and ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: An Evaluation Tool Kit Author: Hepburn, Kathy S., Kaufmann, Roxane K., Perry, Deborah F., Allen, Mary Dallas, Brennan, Eileen M., Green, Beth L. Year: 2007 For states, communities, agencies and programs investing in early childhood mental health consultation and committed to quality data. This web-based resource combines a brief review of the literature and current research addressing the effectiveness of early childhood mental health consultation with guidance for designing and implementing program evaluation. It will help states, communities, and programs increase their capacity for high-quality evaluation of early childhood mental health consultation in community-based settings. Researchers, policy makers and program evaluation teams will find: A brief review of the evidence base, current issues, and questions; Defining characteristics of early childhood mental health consultation; Components of high quality evaluation and sample logic models; Evaluation tools to measure both process and outcome, including outcomes for children, families, staff and programs; and Guidance for using evaluation data for program improvement and communicating outcomes. Title: Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: An Evaluation Tool Kit Author: Hepburn, Kathy S., Kaufmann, Roxane K., Perry, Deborah F., Allen, Mary Dallas, Brennan, Eileen M., Green, Beth L. Year: 2007 For states, communities, agencies and programs investing in early childhood mental health consultation and committed to quality data. This web-based resource combines a brief review of the literature and current research addressing the effectiveness of early childhood mental health consultation with guidance for designing and implementing program evaluation. It will help states, communities, and programs increase their capacity for high-quality evaluation of early childhood mental health consultation in community-based settings. Researchers, policy makers and program evaluation teams will find: A brief review of the evidence base, current issues, and questions; Defining characteristics of early childhood mental health consultation; Components of high quality evaluation and sample logic models; Evaluation tools to measure both process and outcome, including outcomes for children, families, staff and programs; and Guidance for using evaluation data for program improvement and communicating outcomes. Close

• 2. [Article] Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: A Developing Profession

  As a career path, early childhood mental health consultation MHC is an emerging and growing work force opportunity. In keeping with the vision of an effective transformed service system expressed in the ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: A Developing Profession Author: Allen, Mary Dallas, Brennan, Eileen M., Green, Beth L., Hepburn, Kathy S., Kaufmann, Roxane K. Year: 2008 As a career path, early childhood mental health consultation MHC is an emerging and growing work force opportunity. In keeping with the vision of an effective transformed service system expressed in the final report of the Presidents' New Freedom Commission, and communities are expanding capacity to meet the mental health needs of young children and caregivers through mental health sultation. ECMHC supports children in naturalistic community and avoids the excessively "expert" tude9 and works through collaboration with families and other providers who care for them. In addition, is growing experience and research evidence to suggest that ECMHC an effective service that, from a license health perspective, promotes and emotional development and vents or reduces the impact of mental health problems in young children. The early childhood mental health consultation workforce is in transition from one of broad diversity in terms of training, experience, roles, responsibilities, and work expectations to one that has specific expertise in early childhood mental health and the specific skills required to take on the role of consultant. The purpose of this article is to support the development of a transformed workforce with the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and behaviors to work as early childhood mental health consultants in a changing children's mental health field. Title: Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: A Developing Profession Author: Allen, Mary Dallas, Brennan, Eileen M., Green, Beth L., Hepburn, Kathy S., Kaufmann, Roxane K. Year: 2008 As a career path, early childhood mental health consultation MHC is an emerging and growing work force opportunity. In keeping with the vision of an effective transformed service system expressed in the final report of the Presidents' New Freedom Commission, and communities are expanding capacity to meet the mental health needs of young children and caregivers through mental health sultation. ECMHC supports children in naturalistic community and avoids the excessively "expert" tude9 and works through collaboration with families and other providers who care for them. In addition, is growing experience and research evidence to suggest that ECMHC an effective service that, from a license health perspective, promotes and emotional development and vents or reduces the impact of mental health problems in young children. The early childhood mental health consultation workforce is in transition from one of broad diversity in terms of training, experience, roles, responsibilities, and work expectations to one that has specific expertise in early childhood mental health and the specific skills required to take on the role of consultant. The purpose of this article is to support the development of a transformed workforce with the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and behaviors to work as early childhood mental health consultants in a changing children's mental health field. Close