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Download full textThurman, Pamela Jumper; Allen, James; Deters, Pamela B. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research The Journal of the National Center, 2004
Little information exists regarding mental health and special needs related to American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) families. In this article we emphasize the use of oral tradition during the Circles of Care initiative, which was essential in understanding cultural history and historical trauma of AI/ANs while giving a greater understanding…
Descriptors: Oral Tradition, Emotional Disturbances, Alaska Natives, American Indians
Simmons, Teisha M.; Novins, Douglas K.; Allen, James – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research The Journal of the National Center, 2004
Circles of Care grantees were provided the opportunity to develop a locally relevant definition of serious emotional disturbance (SED) 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…
Descriptors: Definitions, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Emotional Disturbances
