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Gizmo’s Pawesome Guide to Mental Health - Early Childhood Introduction Activity Book & Implementation Guide (English & Spanish) (September 2023)

Ensuring Evidence-Based Treatments Work for Children of Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Issue Brief #88

When to Adapt Ensuring Evidence-Based Treatments Work for Children of Diverse Cultural Backgrounds (September 2023)

Policy Brief - Supporting Student Mental Health Is Connecticut in Good SHAPE? (July 2023)

Mobile Response for Children, Youth, and Families Best Practice Data Elements and Quality Improvement Approaches (March 2023)

The Essential Role of Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinics Issue Brief #87

Improving Early Substance Use Care for Youth The Essential Role of Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinics (February 2023)

Reflections and Highlights from FY 2022 President's Letter and Infographic (December 2022)

What's Next for Children's Behavioral Health? A Conversation with CHDI's President and CEO Jeff Vanderploeg (December 2022)

SBDI Information Sheet and Map School-Based Diversion Initiative (October 2022)

Policy Brief - Who Will Do the Work? Strengthening the Children’s Behavioral Health Workforce to Meet Families’ Increasing Behavioral Health Needs (September 30, 2022)

Making the Most of the Moment Issue Brief #86

Brief Interventions Can Improve Children’s Behavioral Health Services Making the Most of the Moment (September 2022)

Making Measures Matter Issue Brief #85

Use of Measurement-Based Care to Improve Children's Behavioral Health Making Measures Matter (July 2022)

Helping Children Who Experience Trauma The Role of Trauma Screening (April 2022)

Trauma ScreenTIME Course Overview Video Course provides training on how to screen children for trauma (April 2022)

Modernizing Outpatient Behavioral Health for Children Issue Brief #84

A More Flexible and Efficient Approach to Improve Access Modernizing Outpatient Behavioral Health for Children (March 2022)

CHDI: Bridge to Better Organizational Profile (January 2022)

Reflections and Highlights from FY 2021 Letter from the President and Infographic (December 2021)

Evidence-Based Treatments are Effective for Children in the Child Welfare System Issue Brief #83

CTs Family First Prevention Services Plan Can Expand Access to Effective Care Evidence-Based Treatments are Effective for Children in the Child Welfare System (December 2021)

Strengthening School-Family-Community Partnerships Through the School Responder Model Research-to-Practice Brief (November 2021)

Supporting Student Wellness and Success Issue Brief #82

Use of ESSER Funds for Building a Comprehensive and Equitable School Mental Health System Supporting Student Wellness and Success (November 2021)

Innovative Service Delivery in Response to COVID-19 Issue Brief #81

Strategies to Meet the Needs of Children and Families During the Pandemic and Beyond Innovative Service Delivery in Response to COVID-19 (September 2021)

Trauma and the School Responder Model Tip Sheet Series for Educators (June 2021)

Policy Brief - Advancing Equity in Behavioral Health Through Telemedicine (April 2021)

Map of Trauma-Informed Treatments for Children (updated March 2021)

Improving Student and Staff Well-Being During COVID-19 and Beyond Issue Brief #80

Connecting Social Emotional Learning with Anti-Racism and Equity Improving Student and Staff Well-Being During COVID-19 and Beyond (February 2021)

Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Children’s Behavioral Health Treatments Issue Brief #79

Role of a Train-The-Trainer Approach Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Children’s Behavioral Health Treatments (February 2021)

Promoting a Healthy Weight from Birth Issue Brief #78

Strategies to Improve Early Childhood Feeding Practices and Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Obesity Promoting a Healthy Weight from Birth (January 2021)

Children’s Behavioral Health and Implementation of the School Responder Model (December 2020)

Reflections and Highlights from FY 2020 Letter from the President and Infographic (December 2020)

School Discipline during COVID-19 Issue Brief #77

Inclusive and Supportive Strategies for Schools as they Re-open School Discipline during COVID-19 (October 2020)

Infographic: Children Benefit from Evidence-Based Behavioral Health Treatments CHDI and DCF are Expanding Trauma-Informed Treatments in CT (September 2020)

Improving Care for Children and Families with Complex Needs: Enhancing Care Coordination in Connecticut IMPACT Report (September 2020)

Preparing Future Pediatricians to Address Behavioral Health Needs of Children Issue Brief #76

Opportunities in Pediatric Residency Training Programs Preparing Future Pediatricians to Address Behavioral Health Needs of Children (September 2020)

Screening Youth in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems for Trauma: Issue Brief #75

Data from Connecticut Show it is Practical, Useful, and Effective Screening Youth in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems for Trauma: (August 2020)

Screening for Social Determinants of Health Issue Brief #74

A Promising Step for Improving Children’s Behavioral Health Screening for Social Determinants of Health (July 2020)

Blended and Braided Funding: Sharing Costs Across Multiple Sectors Transforming Pediatrics to Support Population Health Policy Brief Series (April 2020)

Everyone Benefits, So All Should Pay Transforming Pediatrics to Support Population Health Policy Brief Series (April 2020)

Policy Brief - The Family First Prevention Services Act (February 2020)

Ensuring Young Children Receive Mental Health Services Issue Brief #73

Barriers to Billing and Proposed Solutions Ensuring Young Children Receive Mental Health Services (January 2020)

Reflections and Highlights from FY 2019 Letter from the President and Infographic (January 2020)

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News

Innovative Approaches to Diverting Youth with Mental Health Issues from the Juvenile Justice System A recent Route Fifty news article features two Connecticut statewide programs successfully diverting… »
Gizmo Mental Health Curriculum Adapted for Pre-School Children CHDI adapted the "Gizmo’s Pawsome Guide to Mental Health" curriculum, widely used in elementary… »
New Study Groups Youth by Needs in Systems of Care to Improve Treatment Outcomes CHDI’s Jeana Bracey, Associate Vice President of School and Community Initiatives, co-authored a new… »
Supporting Student Mental Health: 10 Back-to-School Resources To help educators, behavioral health providers, parents and youth get ready for the new school year,… »
Expanding the Comprehensive School Mental Health Approach in Connecticut CHDI is excited to announce the expansion of the Comprehensive School Mental Health (CSMH)… »
Draft Behavioral Health Workforce Strategic Plan Open for Public Comment CHDI is contracted with the State of Connecticut to develop a statewide strategic plan for the… »
New Report Highlights SBDI Among Innovative Approaches and Recommendations for Safer Schools The Center for Policing Equity outlined strategies to create safer learning environments for… »

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