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I H Berkovitz

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PubMed2001

The benefits of a clinician consulting in schools of education.

A psychiatric clinician was available to lecture and discuss behavior of children and adolescents. Faculty in four schools of education in Los Angeles requested this service. These were (1) a university graduate school teacher training program; (2) a school psychologist training program; (3) an undergraduate education program; and (4) an administrator training program. In the last program, experiences providing mental health consultation to administrators were presented. In the first program, an evaluation was conducted. It emerged that the teachers-in-training were able to feel more permission to see their role as counselor as an appropriate part of the teacher role. Their increased knowledge and understanding of psychopathologic behavior, especially in adolescents, seemed to increase their comfort and ability to handle these behaviors.

Community Psychiatry↗
PubMed2001

Training programs in school consultation.

The need to train psychiatrists in school consultation is important to approach mental health and psychosocial concerns from the broad perspective of addressing barriers to learning and promoting healthy development. There is a major national impetus to improve academic achievement and literacy, which can be amplified by addressing the social, emotional, and mental health needs of children and youth. Training in school consultation allows the psychiatrist to better understand a critical institution in each child's life and also provides technical assistance and training to school personnel, which facilitates networking between programs and individuals involved in or interested in school mental health. Each of the described programs approaches consultation from a specific focus that varies in time commitment, placement options, and frequency and order of didactic presentations. There is no conclusive available evidence as to which program is most effective, since such evaluation depends on the overall goals of the consultation program itself.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2001

Evaluations of outcome in mental health consultation in schools.

Outcome evaluation should be a part of every consultation with before-and-after measurements and a control group, if possible. Unfortunately, these are not often available. Eight examples of outcome evaluations are described, for behavioral (child-centered), consultee-centered, and administrative consultations. Evaluation can be statistical or verbal. Behavioral consultations often can have systemic influences. Comparison is made with outcome in a SBHC.

Community Psychiatry↗