NRI Proud Sponsor of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day

Research shows many children with mental health challenges do not receive help for a variety of reasons, from a lack of problem identification, inaccessible or ineffective services, or the stigma society attaches to having mental health problems. On Thurs., May 8, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services hopes to change that, by sponsoring the third annual National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day.
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Research Partnership Helps Build Evidence Base for Continuum of Services

The core of Boys Town’s new strategic plan is to expand services into a continuum of care in selected growth sites with an emphasis on serving children living in their own families when possible to prevent the need for higher levels of care. Dr. Friedman has been a national leader in efforts to reform services for children with mental health and related challenges.
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Click here to learn more about the dangers of the internet from Sgt. Scott Christensen’s dramatic August 2007 Speaker Series presentation.

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NRI Research Provides Insight to Boys Town Methods

Boys Town research staff and fellows have published more than 200 books, chapters, articles and other papers in the past 17 years. Many of these studies have helped inform and develop the methods used by Boys Town to help America’s children and their families.

Click here to view the full bibliography.