Focusing on Children's Strengths: Accessing Effective Mental Health Services for Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth through Collaboration and Understanding Federal Entitlements to Care

Autor/inn/en	Quraishi, Fiza A.; Benton, Hannah
Titel	Focusing on Children's Strengths: Accessing Effective Mental Health Services for Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth through Collaboration and Understanding Federal Entitlements to Care
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research on Children, 5 (2014) 2, Artikel 6 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2155-5834
Schlagwörter	Juvenile Justice; Mental Disorders; Health Services; Youth; Federal Programs; Access to Health Care; Welfare Services; Child Welfare; Barriers; Special Education; Disabilities; Educational Legislation; Equal Education; Federal Legislation; Eligibility; Individualized Education Programs; Functional Behavioral Assessment; Intervention; Counseling; Parent Education; Transportation; Drug Therapy; Student Needs; Compliance (Legal) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendgerichtshilfe; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Kindeswohl; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Handicap; Behinderung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Eignung; Individualized education program; Individualisierendes Lernen; Counselling; Beratung; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Verkehrswesen
Abstract	Between 65 and 70 percent of youth in the juvenile justice system have mental health disorders, with some studies estimating that at least 20 percent of these youth have severe disorders that significantly impair functioning. Many of these youth are entitled to adequate and responsive mental health services through federal programs like Medicaid's Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment Program (EPSDT), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504). Despite these entitlements to care, by and large, the systems that serve youth fail to provide mental health services that address the individualized needs of justice-involved youth. There is tremendous potential for advocates and system actors to use these entitlements to get youth individualized, appropriate care. Each actor in the juvenile justice system can play a critical role in helping to ensure youth get the services they need. This paper will discuss how advocates and court partners can better meet the mental health needs of children in the juvenile justice system through these entitlements. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01