Critical factors and strategies for advancing statewide school mental health policy and practice

Advances in School Mental Health Promotion

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 48-58

  Stephan, Sharon ^a   Hurwitz, Laura ^b   Paternite, Carl ^c   Weist, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b National Assembly on School Based Health Care   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's mental health; State education agencies; Statewide school mental health capacity building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906061046     PISSN: 1754730X     EISSN: 20498535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1754730X.2010.9715686     Document Type: Article

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