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Youth Violence Prevention

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• A Guide for Intermediate and Long-term Mental Health Services After School-Related Violent Events (NMH03-0151)
  Article
  Provides suggestions for responding to violent incidents in a school setting.
  
  
• A Training Guide for the Early Childhood Services Community, 2005 Series,Volume 2: A Training Guide for the Early Childhood Services Community (SVP05-0151B)
  Information Kit
  
  
• Community Action Kit (Contains 5 Pamphlets relating to the Youth Violence Prevention Initiative) (SVP-0063)
  Pamphlet
  These 5 pamphlets address topics of interest to communities that can help them develop and implement an evidence-based youth violence prevention program. Each pamphlet blends theory with the experiences of school violence prevention grantees to provide invaluable information to communities and schools.
  
  
• Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families (description of CMHS program in 45 States) (CA-0013)
  Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet provides profiles of actual children and their families who have benefited from family-oriented systems of care offered through the Center for Mental Health Services’ Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families. 1997. 2 pp.
  
  
• Conduct Disorder in Children and Adolescents (CA-0010)
  Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet defines conduct disorder, identifies risk factors, discusses types of help available, and suggests what parents and other caregivers can do. 1997. 2 pp.
  
  
• Friends Don't Watch Friends Fall Apart (CA-0019D)
  Print Ad Slick
  This camera-ready print advertisement encourages young people to be alert to signs of possible trouble among their friends and to take appropriate action if necessary. 1998. 3 pp.
  
  
• How Families Can Help Children Cope With Fear and Anxiety (CA-0022)
  Article
  This reproducible drop-in article provides tips for parents to keep the lines of communication with their children open and alerts parents and other caregivers to common signs of fear and anxiety. 2002. 1 p.
  
  
• Mental, Emotional, and Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents (CA-0006)
  Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet describes mental, emotional, and behavioral problems that can occur during childhood and adolescence and discusses related treatment, support services, and research. 1996. 4 pp.
  
  
• Myth of the Bad Kid Article (CA-0021)
  Article
  This reproducible drop-in article describes reasons behind children’s “bad” behavior. 1998. 1 p.
  
  
• Parents Matter: Helping Your Children Navigate Their Teen Years (SVP-0013)
  Book/Monograph
  This guidebook provides parents with answers to typical “teen development” questions. Answers are provided by key child development and parenting experts. This 27-page booklet has been developed in collaboration with the White House Council on Youth Violence. 2000.
  
  
• Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, 2005 Series, Volume 1: Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (SVP05-0151)
  Book/Monograph
  
  
• Teen Mental Health Problems: What Are the Warning Signs (CA-0023)
  Article
  This reproducible drop-in article for parents and caregivers identifies signs of mental health problems in teens, including changes in mood, attitude, and behavior. 1997. 1 p.
  
  
• The School Bully Can Take a Toll on Your Child's Mental Health (CA-0043)
  Article
  Ask any child what a bully looks like and he or she is likely to describe someone who is bigger and stronger. Yet, while bullies certainly are known for their ability to overpower others physically, mental bullying can be just as damaging to children.
  
  
• What You Need to Know About Youth Violence Prevention (SVP-0054)
  Booklet
  This guide, based on the state-of-the-science Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General, released in January 2001, and other selected research-informed sources, summarizes the latest knowledge on youth violence. It describes both risk factors that may lead to violence and protective factors that may both prevent it and promote healthy childhood development.
  
  
• Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General (with Executive Summary) (SG-YV)
  Report
  This Surgeon General's report seeks to focus on action steps that all Americans can take to help address the problem of youth violence and continue to build a legacy of health and safety for our young people and the Nation as a whole.
  
  

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