Research
Mental Health Services for Children and Youth
and staff in FMHI's Department of Child and Family Studies conduct a wide array of research projects in collaboration with community, state, and federal partners. Project involve evaluation of services for children/youth and families, developing programs for preschool-age children, reducing disparities in receipt of mental health and other services, methods for assistance for parents of children and youth with serious emotional problems, and partnering with communities to enhance systems of care for children and youth. Categories and examples of projects include:
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)
National Center for Quality Teaching and Learning
Program-Wide Positive Behavior Support (PWPBS)
Teaching Pyramid Research Project
Teaching Tools for Young Children with Challenging Behavior (TTYC) Project
Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Interventions for Young Children (TACSEI)
REDUCTION IN MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES
Community-Defined Evidence Project (CDEP)
Project Conectar
Mental Health Disparities
RAICES: Resources, Advocacy, Integration, Collaboration, Empowerment, and Services
FACTS, FIGURES, AND DATA SUPPORT ON CHILD WELL-BEING
FAMILY-DRIVEN SERVICES
National Directory of Family-Run and Youth-Guided Organizations for Children's Behavioral Health
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Effectiveness of a Parent Support Program: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
Mental Health Integration Study
Parent Connectors
SUICIDE PREVENTION
Relationship of Suicide Death to Baker Act Examination, Client Characteristics and
Service Use Patterns: Veteran's Acute Mental Health Care
Statewide Suicide Prevention Implementation Plan Project
Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide (The Guide)
Youth Suicide Prevention Training
SYSTEMS PLANNING & POLICY
Case Studies of System Implementation
Children's Home Society of Florida (CHS)/USF-Department of Child and Family Studies
(CFS) Collaboration
Families and Children Together In Seminole (FACTS)
Financing Structures and Strategies to Support Effective Systems of Care
Integrative Data Analysis of Gender and Ethnic Differences in Multidimensional Family
Therapy Randomized Control Trials (MDFT RCTs)
National Evaluation of the Children's Mental Health Initiative (CMHI)
National Survey of System of Care Implementation (RTC Study 1)
Out-of-Home Care Study
Profile of Youth in Out-of-Home Care Residential Programs
Profiles of Children with High Utilization of State Inpatient Psychiatric Program
Quality of Life, Comorbidities, and Health Service Utilization for Youth with Tic
Disorders
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Reports
TRAUMA-BASED SUPPORT
Many Faces of Trauma: Community Engaged Trauma Research
Trauma Recovery Initiative for Youth Center (TRI Center)
Dawn Center Sexual Violence Prevention Program Evaluation