This manual is written for use with early childhood program administrators, directors, supervisors, and staff; mental health service administrators and providers; and families. Any individuals interested in early childhood mental health consultation are potential participants.  Trainers can be early childhood or mental health staff or administrators with experience in human resource development.   The manualÃ?¢?s dual purpose is ultimately (a) to broaden the discussion on mental health consultation, and (b) to help integrate mental health consultation into early childhood services and systems of care.  An overview/intro and four modules are included.  This website ...

The goal of this curriculum is to provide direct care staff with the tools and knowledge needed to improve their skills in preventing and ultimately eliminating the use of seclusion and restraint.   The curriculum is unique in that it is written from consumer perspectives, and thus helps direct care staff work from a consumer-based philosophy.  The training package provides all the background material, lecture points, handouts, and PowerPoint slides necessary for a facilitator to implement the seven training modules that demonstrate how to eliminate the use of seclusion and restraint.  (The National Mental Health Information Center is a service of the Substance Abuse and ...