Project Advisory Group
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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