NCSL Spring Forum Session
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Adolescent Development and Mental Health
This meeting addressed ways in which state legislators can promote children’s healthy mental development in their states, and what programs work to treat children with emotional disturbances. Presentation topics included financing strategies for public children’s mental health services, evidence-based treatments, mental health promotion in schools and teen suicide prevention.
Presentation: Adolescent Reasoning and Behavior
- Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Temple University and Director of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Presentation
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Presentation: Juvenile Delinquency and Mental Health
- J. Robert Flores, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Justice Department, Washington, D.C.
Presentation: Responding to Mental Health Needs of Juveniles
- Margaret Jefferson, Director, Families United of Milwaukee Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Bruce Kamradt, Director, Wraparound Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin [Presentation]
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Cynthia Wainscott, Board of Directors, Mental Health America, Cartersville, Georgia [Presentation ]
 NCSL Mental Health Meeting Archives
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