Today 's schools often lack the means necessary to effectively provide mental health services for all children who will need them during a given school year. A switch to a broader, more comprehensive model of support service delivery in schools from the traditional "one child at a time" approach can help to remedy this issue. In this text, the authors propose a public health model for comprehensive children 's mental health services that encompasses, rather than replaces, the traditional model in school psychology. The background and theoretical perspective for this public health model is...

Despite the growing emphasis on a population-based training and service delivery model for school psychology, few resources exist to provide guidance concerning how such services might be conceptualized and put into place. In this book, the authors propose a public health model for comprehensive children s mental health services that expands, rather than replaces, the traditional model of school psychology. The background and theoretical perspective for this public health model are discussed as an important way to solve problems and accomplish goals in schools, after which the authors...