Systems of Care and Funding for Children's Mental Health Services
Statewide Behavior Initiatives,
(2007) 
(PDF: 12kb) was developed by the National Association of State Directors of
Special Education from a brief survey sent to state departments of education. The survey results
explain how states are implementing statewide behavior initiatives for school age children (3- 21 year
olds) using the PBIS model from the University of Oregon.
Major Federal Programs Supporting and Financing Mental Health Care, Created for the Presidents New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (2003)
Pathways to Service Utilization: A Synthesis of Evidence Relevant to Young
Children with Challenging Behavior (May 2003) (PDF: 921kb)
Systems of Service Delivery: A Synthesis of Evidence Relevant to Young
Children With or At Risk of Challenging Behavior (January 2003) (PDF: 1,109kb)
Making Dollars Follow Sense: Financing Early Childhood Mental
Health Services to Promote Healthy Social Emotional Development in Young Children, (PDF: 190kb) (July 2002)
Building Services and
Systems to Support the Healthy Emotional Development of Young Children: An
Action Guide for Policy Makers, (2001) (PDF: 186kb)
by Jane Knitzer
Funding Early Childhood Mental Health Services and Supports (March 2001)
Starting Early Starting Smart:
Key Principles in Providing
Integrated Behavioral Health Services for Young Children and Their Families:
The Starting Early Starting Smart Experience (Spring, 2001) (PDF: 4,135kb)
Systems of Care: Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health (2001)
- Volume II- Learning from Families:
Identifying Service Strategies for Success (PDF: 479kb)
- Vol. III-Promising Practices in
Early Childhood Mental Health (PDF: 532kb)
- Vol. VII - A
Compilation of Lessons Learned from the 22 Grantees of the 1997 Comprehensive Community
Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program
(PDF: 396kb)