Getting Your Money's Worth: What Early Childhood Directors Should Know About Working with Mental Health Professionals

Authors

Beth L. Green, Portland State UniversityFollow
Maria C. Everhart
Lynwood Gordon

Published In

Focal Point

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 2004

Subjects

Social service -- Research -- Methodology, Social Workers -- United States, Mental health Research

Abstract

The increasing numbers of young children with challenging behaviors and emotional problems have led many child care providers and early childhood education programs to employ or contract with mental health professionals (Lavigne et al., 1996). Head Start Programs, for example, are required by federal performance standards to utilize services of mental health professionals that are "sufficient" to meet the needs of children and families. However, there has been little research to help program managers make informed choices about who might provide the best services, what services are most important to support staff and families, and how to make the best use of limited program resources.

Description

Originally appeared in Focal Point, Summer 2004. This article and others can be found at www.rtc.pdx.edu.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/13347

Citation Details

Worth, G. Y. M. S. WHAT EARLY CHILDHOOD DIRECTORS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WORKING WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.