Best Practices Resources – Behavioral Health

• Best Practices Registry for Suicide Prevention
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence – University of Colorado at Boulder
• Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
• Collection of Mental Health Treatments for Children & Adolescents (2005) – Virginia Commission on Youth
• Evidence and Consensus Based Practices – SAMHSA's Co-Occurring Center for Excellence
• Evidence-Based Practices for Substance Use Disorders – University of Washington
• Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
• Homelessness Resource Center – SAMHSA
• Join Together – from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
• Motivational Interviewing
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
• National GAINS Center
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• National Network on Youth Transition for Behavioral Health – University of South Florida
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Model Programs Guide
• Oregon Addictions and Mental Health Division Approved Practices and Process
• Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
• Program Directory for Find Youth Info – provides information about programs that address the opportunities and challenges faced by America's youth, by risk factor, protective factor and keyword.
• Program Standards for Treatment Foster Care (2004) – Foster Family-Based Treatment Association
• Reclaiming Futures helps teenagers caught in the cycle of drugs, alcohol and crime.
• Reports and Publications – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General
• Resource Guide to Wraparound – National Wraparound Initiative
• SAMHSA's Evidence-Based Practice Toolkits
• SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• SAMHSA's National Registry of Effective Programs and Practices
• Systems of Care – Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
• The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders
• The Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health
• Training Grid Outlining Best Practices for Recovery and Improved Outcomes for People with Serious Mental Illness (2005) – APA/CAPP Task Force on Serious Mental Illness and Severe Emotional Disturbance
• Youth M.O.V.E. National is a youth-led national organization devoted to improving services and systems that support positive growth and development by uniting the voices of individuals who have lived experience in various systems, including mental health, juvenile justice, education and child welfare.
• ZERO TO THREE is a national nonprofit organization that informs, trains and supports professionals, policymakers and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.

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