Lessons from the field: Head Start mental health strategies to meet changing needs

Author(s): Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Knitzer, Jane;
Date Issued: 1997
Publisher(s): Columbia University. National Center for Children in Poverty
Description: A discussion of assessment, gaps in research, fiscal restraints and other issues integral to efforts to address mental health needs in the context of Head Start services, focusing on successful initiatives to overcome program challenges through staff development, family involvement, forging connections to the larger community, and other productive strategies
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Funder(s): Carnegie Corporation of New York ; Ford Foundation
Source: New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty
Topics: Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Early Head Start/Head Start

Service Delivery > Health, Mental Health & Safety
Country: United States
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