Policy and Services Research and Evaluations
The Division of Policy, Services Research, and Evaluation is composed of faculty and staff engaged in applied research and evaluation of children's mental health services. Major research activities of the division center on evidence-based services, mental health services in the schools, and transitional services. The division is home to two peer-reviewed journals, the Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and the Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research.
Projects
- Mental Health Integration Study
- Parent Connectors
- Project Conectar: Building Capacity in a Community to Learn the Signs: Act Early
- Graduate Studies in Behavioral Health Program
- Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health
- Healthy Transitions Initiative Process Evaluation
- Effectiveness of a Parent Support Program: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
- Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative (SS/HSI)Evaluation
- Decreasing Adolescent Suicidality through a Multiple Component Suicide Prevention Program: Linking Adolescents at Risk to Mental Health Services
Publications
- Supporting Parents Who Have Youth with Emotional Disturbances Through a Parent-to-Parent Support Program
- A Proposed Model for the Analysis and Interpretation of Focus Groups in Evaluation Research
- Data Trends: Summaries of Current Research Findings in the Children's Mental Health Field
- System Implementation Site-Based Reports
- Transition of Youth and Young Adults with Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties: An Evidence-Supported Handbook
