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We all have mental health - even babies! Just as we care for children's physical health we must also take care of their mental health. We do this by supporting their social-emotional development. By helping children to learn social and emotional skills, you can build stronger relationships with children and families. You can also reduce challenging behavior in children that you work with. These resource are intended to: 1) Educate professionals about...
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Colorado LINKS for Mental Health (Linking Interagency Networks for Kids Services) is an initiative seeking to create partnerships between state agencies and community groups working in the kids' mental health system. The purpose of the guidebook is to enable organizations to identify other planning groups working on youth health, mental health and co-occurring issues, so as to create opportunities to collaboration and avoid duplication in efforts....
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Over the past two decades, Colorado's identification process for students with Significant Identifiable Emotional Disabilities (SIED) has undergone a number of revisions. Such changes have contributed to a lack of clarity on the part of educators around criteria, assessment, policies, and programming. A primary purpose of this guidebook is to provide a practical resource that contributes to the consistent identification of students with emotional...
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The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) has been working toward improving services and supports provided to children in the state with both an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD) and a mental health condition. Meeting the unique needs of these children can be particularly challenging because services, programs, providers and the entities responsible for the coordination of supports are typically determined by...
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The 2014 CMS Final Rule for Medicaid funded Home and Community Based Services (HCBS Final Rule) programs marks an opportunity to build a truly person-centered service delivery system that supports older adults and people with disabilities. Implementation of the rule will help thousands of Colorado's older adults and people with disabilities to enjoy the full promise of community living by prioritizing the quality of each individual's experience.
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Schools face a growing challenge in meeting both the academic and behavior needs of every student. Educators implementing a continuum of both academic and behavior supports and interventions, and partnering with families and communities, increase effectiveness and positive educational outcomes for diverse student populations. Success is related to students' active engagement in evidence-based practices across multiple settings. Responding to students'...
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The authors draw from their study of partnership and the training of parents and professionals to describe how to build partnerships between parents of children with disabilities and professionals like teachers, home visitors, administrators, paraprofessionals, early interventionists, and therapists.