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An ecological model for school-based mental health services for urban low-income aggressive children
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An ecological model for school-based mental health services for urban low-income aggressive children

Marc Atkins, Mary McKernan McKay, Patrice Arvanitis, Lorna London and David S Bennett
The journal of behavioral health services & research, v 25(1), pp 64-75
01 Feb 1998
PMID: 9516295

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Aggressiveness Children & youth Families & family life Health services Inner city Intervention Low income groups Mental health Models Parents & parenting Psychotherapy Public assistance programs Schools Statistical data Teachers Urban areas
An ecological model for school-based mental health services that targets urban low-income aggressive children - a highly vulnerable and underserved population - is presented. The goals of the model are to increase children's and teachers' involvement in the delivery of services and to increase the integration of these services into existing school resources and activities. The model proposes that mental health service providers work in collaboration with teachers to deliver services that: 1. can be managed by existing school resources and personnel, 2. are related to empirically based factors associated with reduced aggression and increased social functioning, and 3. are group administered to increase the number of children served and to reduce stigmatization associated with mental health services.

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