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4 Goals for Expanding the Mental Health Care Policy for Children and Youth

Change is the air, and everyone is cautiously optimistic for healthcare reform in the new administration. In the coming years, the national mental health organizations will begin expanding behavioral healthcare agenda for children and youth, and are looking to new members to help shape and prioritize policy goals. Focusing on children and youth is an important starting point.

With several healthcare reform proposals on the table from Congress, national mental health care organizations are working on a number of fronts to advance children’s behavioral healthcare in the new Administration. A top priority is securing additional Medicaid support through increased SCHIP funding and Federal Medical Assistance Percentages. In addition, mental health organizations are working closely with federal partners to include behavioral health issues for children and youth in federal initiatives. The unique healthcare needs of children are a priority in any health reform proposal.

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Teaching Tough Kids: Simple and Proven Strategies for Student Success

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How can you really make a difference for your students? Teaching Tough Kids delivers a refreshing collection of realistic ideas to sustain the organisational and behavioural transformations of all students, particularly those who ‘do it tough’; who learn and react differently. They are complex kids who find life tougher than most. Managing their emotion and behaviour presents educators with a spectacular challenge in schools today, and numbers ar… More >>

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This Week’s News: Youth in Transition

Education

New study details impact of dropout rate on Twin Cities
MinnPost.com, Twin Cities Metro, MN – January 12, 2010
A new study out today highlights the lost earnings potential of high school dropouts and the resulting impact of those lower incomes on state economies like Minnesota’s. If the local dropout rate had been cut in half for the Class of 2008, for example, the Twin Cities metro economy would see more than a $ 100 million boost in annual economic activity as these students hit their mid-career earnings stride, according to a Washington, D.C.-based policy institute focused on improving high schools.

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