Zamora I, Matic T

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 310-320
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ABSTRACT

Children with developmental disabilities frequently have cooccurring mental health problems and, in general, do not receive appropriate services to meet their multifaceted needs. In the last 20 years, attention and controversy has risen on a national level in relation to the types and range of services children with developmental disabilities receive. Yet children with dual diagnoses often fall through the gap, either because their disability is not considered to be severe enough to meet eligibility criteria or because co-occuring mental health disorders go unrecognized. Our agency designed a training and intervention model to meet the needs of these children. This paper will illustrate how this program helped reduce the gap in services for these children and provide guidelines for training of other professionals working with this population.

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