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Strong partnerships involving schools, community systems, and families are critical in moving toward comprehensive and high-quality mental health programs and services for all students (Weist, 1997). Such partnerships are a foundational value in school mental health (SMH), with strong emphasis on the critical role of students in building, sustaining, and continuously improving programs and services (Christenson & Sheridan, 2001). There are many benefits to partnerships that emphasize strong family and youth participation in SMH, including enhanced collaborative decision-making, family engagement, and positive developmental outcomes for students (Epstein & Van Voorhis, 2010; Henderson & Mapp, 2002). Involving youth and families as partners in SMH is also consistent with federal priorities (U.S. Department of Education, Planning, & Evaluation, Policy Development, 2010), which emphasize consumer- and family-driven mental health care that encourages meaningful involvement of families in all aspects of service provision as recipients of care.
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The IDEA Partnership is funded by the Office of Special Education Programs and housed at the National Association of State Directors in Special Education. The CSMH is funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and housed at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
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McCutcheon, K.D., George, M.W., Mancil, E., Taylor, L.K., Paternite, C., Weist, M.D. (2014). Partnering with Youth in School Mental Health: Recommendations from Students. In: Weist, M., Lever, N., Bradshaw, C., Owens, J. (eds) Handbook of School Mental Health. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7624-5_14
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