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Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
www.samhsa.gov or www.mentalhealth.org

Rear Admiral
Brian Flynn, EdD
Director – Division of Program Development, Special Populations
and Projects
Phone: (301) 443-2940 / Fax: (301) 443-5479
E-mail: [email protected]

Michele Edwards,
MA, ACSW
Public Health Advisor – Division of Program Development, Special
Populations and Projects
Phone: (301) 443-7713 / Fax: (301) 443-7912
E-mail: [email protected]

National Education
Association Health Information Network
1201 16th Street, NW, Suite 521
Washington, DC 20036-3290
www.neahin.org

Jerald Newberry,
MEd
Executive Director
Phone: (202) 822-7570 / Fax: (202) 822-7775
E-mail: [email protected]

Angela Oddone,
MSW
Mental Wellness Programming Coordinator
Phone: (703) 519-9899 / Fax: (703) 739-4070
E-mail: [email protected]

American Academy
of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016-3007
www.aacap.org

Michelle Morse,
MSW
Program Manager – Interface Between Psychiatry and Education
Phone: (202) 966-7300 x119 / Fax: (202) 966-1944
E-mail: [email protected]

American Association
of Colleges for Teacher Education
1307 New York Ave., N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005-4701
Phone: (202) 293-2450 / Fax: (202) 457-8095
www.aacte.org

Wayne Lesko,
PhD
Dean and Professor of Psychology
School of Education and Human Services
Marymount University
Phone: (703) 284-1620 or 1624 / Fax: (703) 284-1631
E-mail: [email protected]

American Psychological
Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-5500
www.apa.org

Gwen Keita,
PhD
Director – Women’s Programs Office; and
Associate Executive Director – Public Interest Directorate
Phone: (202) 336-6044 / Fax: (202) 336-6117
E-mail: [email protected]

Peter Sheras,
PhD
Professor – Clinical and School Psychology
Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
and Associate Director – Virginia Youth Violence Project
Phone: (804) 924-0795 / (804) 971-4747 / Fax: (804) 924-1433 /
(804) 977-5392
E-mail: [email protected]

Council of Chief
State School Officers
One Massachusetts Avenue, NW #700
Washington, DC 20001-1431
www.ccsso.org

Nora Howley,
MA, CHES
Project Director – HIV/School Health
Phone: (202) 336-7033 / Fax: (202) 408-8072
E-mail: [email protected]

National Association
of Secondary School Principals
1904 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20190
www.nassp.org

Gwendolyn
Cooke, PhD
Director of Urban and Rural Services
Phone: (703) 860-7273 / Fax: (703) 476-5432
E-mail: [email protected]

National Association
of State Boards of Education
1012 Cameron Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.nasbe.org

Carlos Vega-Matos,
MPH
Director – School Health Project
Phone: (703) 998-7687 / Fax: (703) 836-2313
E-mail: [email protected]

National School
Boards Association
1680 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.nsba.org

Brenda Greene
Director – School Health Programs
Phone: (703) 838-6756 / Fax: (703) 548-5516
E-mail: [email protected]

National Association
of School Psychologists
4340 East West Highway, Suite 402
Bethesda, MD 20814
www.naspweb.org

Chandrai Jackson,
EdS
School Psychologist
District of Columbia Public Schools
Phone: (202) 576-5299 (w) / Fax: (202 291-3321
Email: [email protected]

National Association
of Social Workers
750 First Street, NE – 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
www.naswdc.org

Millicent
Williams, MSW, LICSW
Senior Staff Associate
Phone: (202) 408-8600 x261 / Fax: (202) 336-8311
E-mail: [email protected]

Adjunct advisory
group member:

Center for School
Mental Health Assistance
Department of Psychiatry
University of Maryland-Baltimore School of Medicine
680 West Lexington Street, 10th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201-1570
http://csmha.umaryland.edu/

Robyn P. Waxman,
PhD
CSMHA Newsletter Editor
Phone: 1 (888) 706-0980 / Fax: (410) 706-0984
E-mail: [email protected]

 

In
addition to the advisory group, our thanks to other contributors
to this guide:

Terry Aliabadi,
NCSP
School Psychologist
Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax, Virginia

Mark Ausbrooks,
MEd
Counselor
Herndon High School
Centerville, Virginia

Karyl Chastain
Beal, MEd
Teacher
Pavo, Georgia

Robert W. Burke,
PhD
Teachers College
Ball State
University
Muncie, Indiana

Brian Burns

Art Direction and Design
Richmond, Virginia

Rebecca Fleischauer

National Education Association
Washington, DC

Malcolm Gordon,
PhD
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, Maryland

Jeannette Johnson,
PhD
Associate Professor and
Director – Substance Abuse Research and Program Evaluation
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Lisa Jones

Teacher and
Executive Director – ProjectSave
Nashville, Tennessee

Matthew Kamins,
MEd, AGS
Supervisor of Psychological Services
Montgomery County Public Schools
Rockville, Maryland

Rena Large,
MEd, CHES
NEA Health Information Network
Washington, DC

Irene S. Levine,
PhD
Editor/Consultant
Chappaqua, New York

Anne Mathews-Younes,
EdD
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, Maryland

Harriet McCombs,
PhD
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, Maryland

Denise M. Middlebrook,
PhD
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, Maryland

Mary Mitchell

Art and Illustration
Richmond, Virginia

James Paavola,
PhD
Consultant
Mott Children’s Health Center
Flint, Michigan

Gail Ritchie,
MSW
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, Maryland

Adele Sebben,
MA, LPC, NCSP
Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax, Virginia

Adam Shannon

Web Designer – Oxygen Communications
Washington, DC

Sandi Toll
Former
Volunteer
Teach for America
Washington, DC

Mark Weist,
PhD
Associate Professor and Director
Center for School Mental Health Assistance –
University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

Sabrina Williams

NEA Health Information Network
Washington, DC

 

Introduction

Letter from Bob Chase
Full Table of Contents
Section I – Stress 101: A
Primer on Stress for School Employees

Section II – Violence and
Schools: Separating Myth from Fact

Section III – Reducing Violence-Related
Stress in Schools

Section IV – Recommended
Resources

References
Project Advisory Group