ABSTRACT
Educational, social, mental health, and juvenile systems for children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) are struggling to provide appropriate and effective services. The idea of having mental health staff and programs in the public schools is relatively new. The manuscripts contained in this volume feature conceptual, practice, and research issues relevant to school-based integrated service programs for children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders. The National Agenda targets seven major areas that are seen as essential in moving toward a responsive, school-based system of care re-structuring. Following this, Ronda Talley and Rick Short describe the growing movement toward structuring schools to become primary delivery sites for a range of health and social services, an alternative model for school re-structuring in the service of more integrated, family-centered services. The final section serves to explicate issues facing those who are involved with school re-structuring.
