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Session: Post-Katrina and other Services to Address School Mental Health Needs
3064.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Post-Katrina and other Services to Address School Mental Health Needs
School-based health services should involve a collaborative effort to target all components of health including the mental health needs of students. An overview of mental health services including methods, importance of strategic planning and prioritization of services as well as the role of connecting families, school and community resources will be presented. A model for training school nurses for mental health promotion as well as the efforts of the Healing Team approach to provide for the mental health needs of New Orleans children and their families in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina will also be presented.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Identify methods for impacting the mental health of school children 2. Identify strategies for connecting families with school and community mental health resources as well as ways to increase parental involvement in school-based parent training. 3. Identify the importance of effective training of school nurses, specifically with the Bright Futures Mental Health program 4. Identify the components of the Healing Team model used post-Katrina as a response to mental health needs of school-age children and their families in New Orleans.
Organizer(s):Terry Wessel #school
Moderator(s):John Moore, PhD, RN
8:30 AMCreating a system of care for school-based mental health  [ Recorded presentation ]
Pat Davenport
8:50 AMSchool mental health: The continuum of services  [ Recorded presentation ]
William B. Allen, PhD
9:10 AMPost-Katrina school-based response to mental health needs of school-age children and their families: A disaster response model
Patty Glaser, MCD, Mike Binder, LCSW, Michelle McCrary, MS, Candace Schott, MEd, Elizabeth Clark, MEd, Susan Stokes, LCSW. Awards: SHES Outstanding Student Research Abstract Award - Honorable Mention
9:30 AMBioterrorism and Public Health Emergencies Preparedness Training for Undergraduate Health Care Majors  [ Recorded presentation ]
Carlen Luke McLin, DrPH, Wodajo Welldaregay, DrPH, Yoruba Baltrip-Coleman, MPH, Sharon Hutchinson, PhD, Sheila Haynes, MN, Pamela Parker, MN, Keith Wismar, PhD, Ronald Murphy, PhD, Byron Hunter, BS
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:School Health Education and Services
Endorsed by:Epidemiology; Maternal and Child Health; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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