Focus

Promoting excellence in mental health services through training, technical assistance, research, and policy development.

Topics Covered

• Description of commonly used screening tools
• Screening guide
• Financing and reimbursement
• Office protocol
• Practice guidelines
• Specific disorders
• Values-driven evidence based practices

Comprehensiveness

Review of numerous developmental and social emotional screening tools with detailed descriptions of each. Search for developmental screening tools results in 29 links mainly with Social Emotional and Mental Health topics highlighted. Reviews general overall aspects of screening and referral, scoring and interpreting, use with diverse cultures and languages. Although resource is focused on social emotional development there is discussion of numerous screening and assessment tools, time needed for screening.

Strengths

Covers a full range of discussion of developmental and social emotional screening tools. This site had several items that would be valuable to providers that were not found on other sites: online training, technical assistance, drop down menus for topics as well as search area. Includes referral resources. Documents focus on 0-5 year olds, discusses referrals, linking to referral resources, follow up screening, support. One of few sites focused on follow up prioritizing and suggestions for possible resources for areas of concern. Interagency collaboration is discussed.

Weaknesses

Without reading information in depth it might appear to be only mental health related.