Highlights From the Field
By Todd Williams, Agency Liaison, and
Angela Wessell Ph.D., Project Director for
Missouri Show-Me Kids
The Missouri Show-Me Kids System of Care (SOC) community focuses on providing a variety of high-quality transitional services to our youth with co-occurring mental health disorders and developmental disabilities and their families. We have identified four critical components to help these youth transition from child to adult services and from school to work. The four components are: 1) youth and family voices, 2) specialized care management, 3) natural supports within the community, and 4) interagency partnerships.
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Upcoming Events & Conferences
Child Development Conference Call Series
Strength Based Services International
Annual Conference
First Annual Child and Adolescent Needs
and Strengths (CANS) Conference
Youth Court Training Seminars
Global Health Council's 31st Annual
Conference—Youth and Health: Generation on the Edge
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
Policy Academy
Child Welfare League of America Juvenile
Justice Summit
National Mental Health Association's
2004 Annual Conference—Justice for All: Fighting for America's
Mental Health
Crossroads: Critical Issues in Community-Based
Research Partnerships
2004 School-Based Health Care Convention
Training Institutes 2004—Developing
Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents With Emotional
Disturbances and Their Families: Early Intervention
Positive Outcomes for Court-Involved
Youth: Prevention, Education, Transition
The Changing Faces of Rural Mental
Health
Street Law's Teen Parents and the
Law National Leadership Training
Educating Minds and Hearts: Safe Schools,
Healthy Character Development, Academic Success, and Social
Emotional Education
Partners for Success: Linking Communities,
Families, and Schools
Women Across the Life Span: A National
Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery
Putting the Pieces Together: 1st National
Conference on Substance Abuse, Child Welfare, and the Dependency
Court
Center for School Mental Health Assistance's
(CSMHA) 4th Annual School Health Interdisciplinary Program
(SHIP): Charting the Course for Our Children's Future
Annual Conference on Advancing School-Based
Mental Health: The School Mental Health Imperative
News You Can Use
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Issues Public Health Advisory on Cautions for Use of Antidepressants in Adults and Children
Important News for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Grant Applicants
More Than 380,000 Children Diagnosed With Multiple Mental Health Problems
New Estimate of the Economic Burden of Depression: Getting Treatment Doesn't Break the Bank
