Handbook of Mental Health Services for Children, Adolescents, and Families

Ric G. Steele, Ph.D., ABPP, is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas, in the Clinical Child Psychology Program. He earned his doctorate from the University of Georgia in clinical psychology, with a specialization in clinical child psychology, completed a clinical internship at the University of Tennessee (Memphis) Professional Psychology Internship Consortium, and completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, TN). Dr. Steele is an associate editor for the Journal of Child and Family Studies, and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. He has published more than 40 journal articles and book chapters, and recently co-edited the Handbook of Mental Health Services for Children, Adolescents, and Families. Dr. Steele's research is concerned with the promotion of physical and mental health across a continuum of health risk categories including healthy children, children at risk for disease, and children with diagnosed medical conditions.

• Mental Health Services for Children, Adolescents, and Families.- Mental Health Services for Young Children.- School Psychology Services.- Providing Services within a School-Based Intensive Mental Health Program.- Inpatient Pediatric Consultation-Liaison.- Mental Health Services for Children in Pediatric Primary Care Settings.- Providing a Range of Services to Fit the Needs of Youth in Community Mental Health Centers.- Outpatient-Private Practice Model.- Inpatient Treatment Models.- Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention Services.- Services to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Adolescents.- Treatment Services for Adolescent Substance Abuse.- Targeted Prevention of Antisocial Behavior in Children.- Implementing Effective Youth Violence Prevention Programs in Community Settings.- Adolescent Sex Offender Programs.- Rural Mental Health Services.- Mental Health Services for Children with Chronic Illness.- Psychological Services for Children and Families Who Are Homeless.- Telehealth/Internet Services for Children, Adolescents, and Families.- Therapeutic Camping Programs.- Implementation of the Felix Consent Decree in Hawaii.- Children’s Services in Disasters and Other Emergencies.- Program Evaluation Approaches to Service Delivery in Child and Family Mental Health.- Large-Scale Evaluations of Children’s Mental Health Services.- Methodological Challenges in the National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program.- The Future of Mental Health Service Delivery for Children, Adolescents, and Families.