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Round-Up of Child Mental Wellbeing News - Monday, August 20, 2012

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4.1.13 Legislature considers raising funding for mental health (Dallas Star-Telegram)

3.23.13 Texas Legislature: Mental health funding push grows (The San Angelo Standard-Times)

3.8.13 School Policies Show Promise, Problems in Providing Mental Health Care (Education Week)

2.14.13 New Behavioral Health Recommendations Released Prioritizing Emotional and Behavioral Health in Harris County Schools (Mental Health America)

2.12.13 Don't Just React: It's Time to Rethink Policy for Mental Health in Schools (Spark Action)

9.5.12 PBIS: A Kid's Perspective (Texans Care Video)

 
 

 

4.8.12 Thousands Of Texas Kids With Developmental Problems Lose Aid After Budget Cuts(Austin American-Statesman)

 

3.7.12 Mental Health Issues Common Among Youth Prisoners(Austin American-Statesman)

 

2.2.12 Behavior: The Kids Are More Than All Right(The New York Times)

1.31.12 Mentally Ill Inmates Belong In Hospitals, Not Jails(San Antonio Express-News)
 
 
 
11.14.11 The New Science Of Babies And Brains(The New Republic)
 
 
 
 

8.12.11 Pre-School: The Best Job-Training Program(NPR.org)

 
 
6.21.11 ECI And One Mom On A Mission(Texans Care Blog)

6.9.11 Pro-Child Letter from Charles C. Butt Following Governor's Call For Prayer (Houston Chronicle)

 
 
 
1.12.11 Texas Mental Health Advocates Brace for Cuts(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

1.12.11 At One School, A Push for More Play Time(The New York Times)
 
 
 

10.20.10Changing Early Childhood Intervention Eligibility Standards Could Prove Costly for Texas(Texans Care testimony)

10.19.10 Many Children Not Receiving Needed Mental Health Services, Study Finds(Health Resources and Services Administration)

10.13.10 Hogg Mental Health Policy Academy Launches(Texans Care for Children)
 

10.11.10 Lawmakers Trying to Take on Bullying Again(Houston Chronicle)

9.13.10 Cuts Merely Shift Financial Burden (San Antonio Express-News editorial)
 
9.2.10 Funding for Early Childhood Intervention(Texans Care testimony)
 
 
 
8.25.10 Can Preschoolers Be Depressed? (New York Times)
 
 

8.9.10 Parents of Children with Autism: We Struggle Alone(Dallas Morning News)

8.4.10 How Preschool Changes the Brain(Wired Magazine)
 
 
 
7.24.10 Mental Health Cuts Could Be Disastrous(Houston Chronicle)

 
7.22.10Despite Parity Law, Mental Health Coverage May Still Fall Short(Kaiser Health News)

7.20.10 Will Health Reform Fill the Mental Health Gaps for Texas Kids?(State of the Children blog)


 
 

7.8.10 One in Five Preschool Children in the U.S. Demonstrates Mental Health Issues When Entering Kindergarten (ScienceDaily)


 

7.6.10 Op-Ed: Support Improved Child Care Quality (Taylor Daily Press)

7.6.10 Do Video Games Cause Attention Problems in Kids? (FOX News)


 

 
6.28.10 Participating in the Child Care Standards Review(Texas Department of Family and Protective Services)

 

6.16.10 Strama: Learn How to Fight Cyberbullying(Austin American-Statesman op-ed)

6.16.10 Children's Mental Health Resources and Opportunities(Children's Mental Health Forum)

6.15.10 How Homicides Affect Test Scores: Study(Washington Post)

6.14.10 Far From Home: Hundreds of Out-of-State Kids Sent to Texas Residential Treatment Centers(Texas Tribune)


 
5.24.10 Texas Ponders More Early Care Training(Texans Care Newsroom)

 

 

5.13.10 Texas School-Ready Summit Resources(Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition)

5.12.10 Mental Hospitals Escape Texas Leaders' Budget Axe(Dallas Morning News)

5.11.10 Health Care Law May Help Families with Autism Costs(Dallas Morning News)5.10.10 Texas Could Adjust 22-Student Class Size Limit for Youngest Students(Associated Press)

5.9.10 YES Program Now Available for Youth in Bexar, Travis Counties(Texas Health and Human Services Commission)

 
5.6.10 Treatment, Not Punishment (Texans Care for Children)

5.6.10 Department Launches New Web Page Dedicated to Children's Mental Health (Texas Dept. of State Health Services)

5.3.10 More TV for Toddlers Means More Problems by Age 10(TIME)

4.28.10 Improving the Workforce that Serves Children and Youth with Mental Concerns(Texas Children�s Mental Health Forum)

4.28.10 Mental Health Releases from the Texas Youth Commission(Texans Care testimony)

4.28.10 The Impact of Experience on Early Childhood Brain Development(Brookings Center on Children and Families)
 

4.22.10 Researchers: 1 in 5 American Children Has a Mental Health Disorder(Southwest Daily News)

4.21.10 Slipping through the Cracks(Texas Tribune)

4.20.10 Critics Question Proposed Changes to Daycare Operations(News8 Austin)

4.14.10 Rubin Commentary: Child Care Standards(KERA)

4.14.10 Adopted Children at Greater Risk for Mental Health Disorders(CNN)

 

4.7.10 Study: Where Violence Occurs Matters to Children�s Mental Health(University of Alabama, Birmingham)

 

4.7.10 Zero to Three Releases Findings from 2009 National Parent Survey(Texans Care Newsroom) 

4.5.10 Suicides Open Eyes to School Bullying(Boston Herald)

3.30.10 Mental Health Services for Children and Youth Involved with Child Protective Services(Texas Children's Mental Health Forum)

 

4.7.10 Mental Health Training Opportunities, Policy News, and More(Texas Children�s Mental Health Forum)

4.7.10 Zero to Three Releases Findings from 2009 National Parent Survey(Texans Care Newsroom)

4.5.10 Suicides Open Eyes to School Bullying(Boston Herald)

3.30.10 Mental Health Services for Children and Youth Involved with Child Protective Services(Texas Children's Mental Health Forum)


3.23.10 Kids, Meds, and Mental Health(CNN commentary)
3.16.10 Falkenberg: Taking Baby Steps to Better Child Care(Houston Chronicle column)

3.15.10 Depressed Parents' Negative Effects on Kids are Combatable (Los Angeles Times)

3.11.10 A Public Health Approach to Children's Mental Health: A Conceptual Framework(National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health)

3.9.10 ECI (Early Childhood Intervention Services) Rule Change and Request for Public Comment(Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services)

3.3.10 House Approves Bill to Limit Physical Restraint of Students(Washington Post)

3.2.10 Budget Cuts Shouldn't Include Mental Illness Safety Net(San Antonio Express-News op-ed)
3.1.10 The Teen Brain: It's Just Not Grown Up Yet (NPR)

3.1.10 Expanding and Improving the Children's Mental Health Workforce in Texas(Texans Care for Children testimony)

2.28.10 New Resources on Parental Relinquishment: Keeping Families Intact by Helping Them Access Mental Health Services(Texas Children's Mental Health Forum)
2.24.10 Do Toxins Cause Autism?(New York Times column)
2.24.10 Responding to the Needs of Young Latino Children: State Efforts to Build Complete Early Learning Systems(National Council of La Raza)
2.24.10 Children's Mental Health Resource Round-Up(Texans Care for Children)
2.17.10 Recommendations to the Texas Task Force for Children with Special Needs(Texans Care for Children)

2.17.10 Request for Proposals: African American Family Support Conference(Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)

2.15.10 Behind that Act of Juvenile Delinquency, Was Traumatic Brain Injury at Work?(State of the Children blog)

2.11.10 Mental Health Care Cuts Likely to Meet 5 Percent Requirement(KVUE-TV)

2.10.10 Children Labeled �Bipolar' May Get a New Diagnosis(NPR)
2.3.10 Early Childhood Education � An Issue of National Security(Houston Chronicle)

2.1.10 New Report: Building Better Beginnings � Improving Texas Child Care Standards(Texas Association for Infant Mental Health)


 

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