Survey of Social/Emotional Supports and Services in Minnesota Schools

The purpose of this study was to empirically examine the social/emotional supports and services provided in Minnesota schools. It was conducted through a collaboration between CECMH and the Minnesota Department of Education. This study was repeated in 2009, and a report of current findings is being prepared.

Section 1 - Report of Findings  397Kb
    
Section 2 - Appendix 1Mb

Partners in Research

In 2008, the Center for Excellence in Children’s Mental Health (CECMH) received a unique grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a partnership between the University of Minnesota and members of a Cultural Providers Network. This Partners in Research grant was awarded jointly to CECMH and the Network to develop and evaluate specific mechanisms of successful collaboration between a higher education institution and community providers.

The two-year project aims to:

1. develop measurable strategies to create an effective collaborative process;
2. create and evaluate opportunities for the scientific community and community providers to increase mutual understanding of each other’s definitions of effectiveness, standards of evidence, criteria for cultural appropriateness, and ways of knowing;
3. identify culturally-specific mental health practices and design a culturally relevant process to establish their effectiveness;
4. identify established EBP that could be adopted without modification or adapted for culturally diverse communities and design a culturally relevant research strategy to evaluate these adaptations; and
5. develop a culturally appropriate self-assessment strategy.

Contacts:
Dr. Joel Hetler, jhetler@umn.edu
Roberto Aviña, dir@lafamiliaguidance.org

CECMH Research Briefs

Series of Policy Briefs on Mental Health & Families

• Winter 2007-2008: Children's Mental Health and School Readiness: What Can Be Done? (pdf)
• Spring 2003: Mental Health and Parenting (Summary)
• Fall 2002: Mental Health and Adolescence (Summary)
• Fall 2002: Mental Health and Early Childhood (Summary)
• Fall 2001: Mental Health and Families (Summary)