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The goal of the Building Futures Together program is to prepare 98 paraprofessionals in healthcare and school settings to provide specialized enhanced care coordination to children, youth and their caregivers whose parents are impacted by opioid use disor
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Creating Hope, Building Futures, Changing Lives Resilience, Empowerment, and Natural supports for Education and Work (RENEW) is a structured school-to-career transition planning and individualized wraparound process for youth who may be experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges, have a limited social support system, and need to figure out where they are headed. A trained RENEW Facilitator…
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Evaluation of Telehealth Services on Mental Health Outcomes for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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The first edition of Integrated Mental Health Treatment Guidelines for Prescribers in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities was made possible with funding from the WITH Foundation. Content developed as part of this project is provided at no-cost. Thank you to all of our project contributors, focus group respondents and participants. Following review and use of the IDD-MH Prescriber…
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Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is a data-driven behavioral support and improvement framework that consists of three levels, each specifically designed to prevent disruption and address the behavioral support needs of students.
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The National Center for START Services® (NCSS) is an initiative that works to strengthen efficiencies and service outcomes for people with IDD and mental health needs in the community. The National Center was established at the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability in 2011 to provide technical assistance, clinical expertise, training, and consultation services that…
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The National Center for START Services® established the National Research Consortium (NRC) on Mental Health in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (MH-IDD) in 2019. The goals of the collaboration are: to improve the mental health and well-being of individuals with IDD along with their families and communities; to foster collaboration among research institutions, practitioners, UCEDDS,…
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Providing Hope for NH Youth with Emotional or Behavioral Challenges and Their Families Wraparound is a youth- and family-driven process that supports children or youth (birth - age 21) with significant emotional or behavioral challenges and their families. Wraparound brings together a community-based team to support the family by developing and monitoring a plan of care that builds…
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A skilled and supported workforce is critical to the delivery of high-quality services to our children, youth, and families. Intentional and targeted workforce development activities ensure that we prepare providers across all levels of the workforce, including peer supporters, paraprofessionals, credentialed staff, bachelors-level, masters-level, doctoral-level, licensed…
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Be a Part of Behavioral Health Crisis Care in NH  Become a Certified Crisis Responder and help individuals, children, youth, and families in their time of need.    New Hampshire residents have immediate, 24/7 access to behavioral health crisis support through NH Rapid Response. Following the approach of “anyone, anywhere, anytime,” NH Rapid Response provides care and support to individuals and…
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The mission of NH-ME LEND is to prepare leaders to enter the field of maternal and child health in order to improve the lives of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families, with particular attention to the needs of children with ASD.
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The University of New Hampshire’s Departments of Education and Social Work, in collabor
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This project is a collaboration between the Institute on Disability, the Endowment for Health, and i
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