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Annotation: Project AIMS worked to strengthen the capacity of Maine's service system (including P.L. 99-457 efforts) to meet the emotional health needs of young children (birth to 5 years old) and their families. The project objectives were to: (1) Establish a multidisciplinary network of project associates; (2) develop and field-test an emotional health brief assessment tool for children birth to 5 years old; (3) recommend to the service network methods of conducting comprehensive psychosocial assessments of children/families with emotional difficulties; and (4) strengthen treatment services which facilitate attachment, interaction, mastery, and support within families. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-158608.

Keywords: 99-457, Community-Based Health Services, Coordination of Health Care, Data Collection, Early Intervention, Emotional Health, High risk children, High risk groups: Families, L, P, Parent-Child Interaction, Screening Tools

Annotation: The goal of this project was to develop and implement comprehensive and family-centered approaches to early identification, assessment, and treatment of infants and young children who are at risk for or suffering from emotional and/or regulatory difficulties. To this end, the Regional Center for Infants and Young Children: (1) Monitored types of families and children referred to and receiving services from an agency specializing in the early detection of emotional disorders or potential risk; (2) developed principles and technology to identify infants and young children/families at risk for psychosocial and developmental difficulties; (3) developed comprehensive, family-centered approaches to assessment and diagnosis; (4) developed prevention-oriented, family-centered approaches to intervention; (5) developed and disseminated technical assistance and training approaches; (6) engaged State and local maternal and child health (MCH) agencies in the project; and (7) accessed multiple financial resources to support its efforts. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-158236.

Keywords: Affective Disorders, Behavioral Disorders, Data Collection, Family-Centered Health Care, High risk groups: Families, High risk infants, Parents, Regulatory Disorders, Screening Tools, Temperament

Annotation: Project AIMS was a five year, federal and state funded educational demonstration project targeted to benefit the emotional well-being of children birth to five years of age and their families. It attempted to impact the ways physicians, nurses, educators, mental health providers, child care providers and others identify young children at risk for or presenting emotional problems, assess the nature of the children's and families' strengths and difficulties, and provide them with appropriate treatment and support. The primary activities of the project were to construct, field-test and disseminate a brief emotional health assessment tool; educate and train in mental health; and network with Maine's early intervention providers. The project manual contains an overview, intake forms, parent questionnaires, points of observation, interview questions, and brief interventions.

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Keywords: Assessment tools, Child care, Child care workers, Child health, Developmental screening, Early intervention, Emotional development, Health promotion, Health supervision, Infants, Mental health, Parent education, Preschool children, Psychosocial development, Training, Young children

Annotation: This project sought to improve the delivery of nutrition services to children of New Mexico's low-income, tricultural, rural population by developing a model for the delivery of nutrition services to children with special needs. Activities included a comprehensive needs assessment of existing services; education and training for health professionals, parents, and lay groups; development of nutrition education materials for professionals and parents in English, Spanish and Navajo; development and implementation of nutrition screening, assessment, and referral procedures; assessment of funding sources; and publication of a handbook for other nutrition service projects. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-161909.

Keywords: American Indians, Data Collection, Disabled, Financing Health Care, Handicapped, Hispanics, Low income groups, Multi-Cultural/Multi-Lingual Population, Nutrition, Parents, Rural Population, Screening Tools

Annotation: This project developed and refined a family assessment questionnaire and data base, collected data on previously unsurveyed populations of chronically ill children, established the prevalence rate of psychosocial distress among families with chronically ill children, and assessed their readiness for intervention. The goal was to separate out those families at high risk who were not connected to any agency from those at high risk who were using community services. Those high-risk, unconnected families were to have first priority for social work intervention. Through this screening process, scarce staff time was to be directed to those families most in need of services. Services were to be targeted for the coordination of all the agencies involved with a family. Intervention was based on communication from the family. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-149672.

Keywords: Coordination of Health Care, Data Bases, Families, Handicapped, Hemophilia, Parent Education, Screening Tools, Social Work