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A System of Care (SOC) is a spectrum of effective, community-based services and supports for children and youth with or at risk for mental health or other challenges and their families, that is organized into a coordinated network, builds meaningful partnerships with families and youth, and addresses their cultural and linguistic needs, in order to help them to function better at home, in school, in the community, and throughout life.
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This toolkit includes information and resources developed to support the widespread expansion of the system of care approach for children, youth, and young adults with mental health challenges and their families. It provides a strategic framework for system of care expansion and guides for strategic planning, implementing expansion strategies, financing, and performance and outcome measurement. Worksheets and tools for self-assessment and outcome measurement are included.
ورجینیا مینٹل ہیلتھ ایکسیس پروگرام (VMAP)
VMAP is a collaborative effort funded by state general fund dollars appropriated to DBHDS. It is also funded through federal grant dollars from the Health Resources and Services Administration managed at the Virginia Department of Health and local efforts.
VMAP seeks to strengthen the ability of primary care providers (PCPs) to manage mild to moderate behavioral health needs of their pediatric patients, enabling child and adolescent psychiatrists to manage more serious and complex conditions.
پروگرام کے تین ستون ہیں:
- Education opportunities for primary care providers on screening, diagnosis, management and treatment of pediatric mental health conditions including infant/early childhood mental health primarily through Resources for Advancing Children’s Health (REACH), Project ECHO and Quality Improvement (QI) Screening Projects.
- Access via a consult line for primary care providers to regional hubs that offer mental health consultation and care navigation for patients 21 and under. Consult line is comprised of Child and Adolescent psychiatrists, Developmental Behavioral Psychiatrists, and/or licensed mental health providers.
- Care Navigation to help families and providers identify additional regional mental health resources that may benefit families.
Family Support Partners
The Family Support Partner is a paid position in Virginia that is designed to provide an intensive level of support for families of youth with mental health challenges. Family members in this role must have experience as a family member of a youth with complex emotional or behavioral health needs involved in multiple service systems. Because of their lived experience, Family Support Partners (FSPs) are able to deeply engage with families; earning their respect and developing a trusting relationship. The lived experience of FSPs also makes them excellent keepers of information regarding resources and supports in the community, a vital trait for the mission of increasing a family’s natural supports.
Early Childhood Mental Health
Early Childhood Mental Health Virginia (ECMHVA) is a statewide initiative focused on the development, implementation and sustainability of a comprehensive and coordinated early childhood system of care for infant and early childhood mental health serving children birth through age five and their families/caregivers and providers.
Side by Side DBHDS Toolkit
This resource was created as a toolkit for providers who wish to better support their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) clients. For any questions related to this tool kit please contact Side by Side at info@sidebysideva.org.
نوجوان بالغ مادہ کے استعمال کا علاج
Transition-age youth (16–24-year-olds) represent an under-served population of individuals wedged between two systems—adult and child health care. Although 18 is the threshold for adulthood in legal terms, research suggests the human brain does not finish developing until 23-25. On the other hand, many older teenagers experience life responsibilities of full-grown adults such as supporting their family and having children of their own, particularly in at-risk, low-income environments. Despite high prevalence of substance use and mental health issues, this population is also the least likely to seek help.
School Based Mental Health Service
The integration of mental health services within schools has gained increasing importance and attention in the Commonwealth. DBHDS supports mental health care of youth and young adults through a practice and preventative framework called the Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS). This framework integrates data and instruction to maximize student achievement and supports students’ social, emotional and behavioral needs from a strengths-based perspective.
The framework consists of three (3) Tiers. Tier 1 is universal, primary prevention which supports everyone, students, educators and staff across all school settings, and works to build positive relationships between staff and students. Tier 2 provides an added layer of targeted support. Tier 3 is the most intensive level providing individualized supports for academic and/or nonacademic needs.
Sustainability Modules
In partnership with ODU: Center for Implementation & Evaluation of Education Systems and VDOE: Office of Behavioral Health and Student Safety, DBHDS created resources and learning modules on how to build and maintain mental health services.
Module 1: Laying the Foundation: Integrating Mental Health into School Systems
Module 2: Building Bridges: Partnerships for Sustainable School Mental Health
Module 3: Teaming for Sustainability
Module 4: Empowering School Staff: Building Capacity and Shared Responsibility
Module 5: Sustaining What Works: Evaluating Mental Health Programs for Impact
Module 6: Grants and Beyond: Sustaining Mental Health Programs
MOU Development
In partnership with ODU: Center for Implementation & Evaluation of Education Systems and VDOE: Office of Behavioral Health and Student Safety, DBHDS created resources and learning modules on how to create memorandums of agreements with local and community partners.
Module 1: Crafting a Memorandum of Understanding
Module 2: Navigating the School Environment
Module 3: The Role of Community Providers in School Mental Health
Module 4: The Role of Community Providers in School Mental Health
Module 6: Teaming to Address School Mental Health
Module 7: Data Gathering and Decision Making
Module 8: Understanding Implementation Science & Evidence-Based Practices
Educational Learning Center in Virginia | VDOE
DOE Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Guidance for School Behavioral Health
