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(Re)-Defining Serious Emotional Disturbance for American Indian and Alaska native Children and Their Families

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ID5371764
AuthorsSimmon, Simmons Simmon, Simmons Simmons (University of Alaska Fairbanks, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume11
Issue2
Pages59-64
Publication date2004-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0893-5394 • E-ISSN: 1533-7731
PublisherCenters for American Indian and Alaska Native Health (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5820/aian.1102.2004.59
PMID15322975
OpenAlexW2016101870
LanguageEN
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Circles of Care grantees were provided the opportunity to develop a locally relevant definition of serious emotional disturbance that would be used to define what type of emotional, behavioral, and mental disability would be required to receive services. After conducting detailed assessments of the definition in the guidance for applicants GFA and the definitions used by others in their respective states, seven of the nine grantees developed their own local, project-specific definitions through the participation of community focus groups and Advisory Councils. The six definitions for SED developed by rural grantees all included American Indian and Alaska Native concepts specific to each tribal community's culture; the urban grantee's definition was purposely focused for reaching out to non-professional members of the community. This opportunity for the communities to redefine SED not only provided each community with a definition which would be more culturally specific, but also proved to be an extraordinarily exercise in empowerment and self-determination

Empowerment · Focus group · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Family and Disability Support Research · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology

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