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		<title>US ED resource on restraint and seclusion</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2012/05/us-ed-resource-on-restraint-and-seclusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Department of Education (ED) published Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document today. After the extensive discussions the last few years about abuses of management procedures (see , especially those used with children and youths with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, ED contracted with an agency to create this document that provides guidelines for the appropriate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia mental health needs</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2012/01/virginia-mental-health-needs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a statement entitled &#8220;A proposal that would assist troubled youths in Virginia&#8221; the Washington Post editorial board lent its support to efforts to fund mental health services for children and youth. The editorial, published 11 January 2012, recounted a history of rueful cost cutting and encouraging advocacy in my commonwealth. A YEAR AGO, Virginia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia campaign promotes action agenda</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/06/virginia-campaign-promotes-action-agenda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Campaign for Children&#8217;s Mental Health outlined an agenda for improving mental health policy for children and youths in the US commonwealth of Virginia on 14 June 2011. The &#8220;Action Agenda&#8221; expresses the need for Govenor Bob McDonnell to exert leadership in three policy areas so that the problems of 100,000 minors with mental health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Altering Autism insurance coverage legislation in VA</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/03/altering-autism-insurance-coverage-legislation-in-va/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Richmond Times Dispatch, Olympia Meola reported on potential changes in support for insurance coverage for therapy for children with Autism in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the US. Under the headline &#8220;McDonnell will try to amend autism bill,&#8221; Ms. Meola described developments in Governor Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221; McDonnell&#8217;s plans for altering recent legislation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism legislation in Virginia</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/02/autism-legislation-in-virginia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the headline &#8220;Autism legislation advances in Virginia&#8221; in the Washington Post Fredrick Kunkle and Anita Kumar reported about the slow-but-significant progress that parents in the US state of Virginia have made in advancing toward mandating coverage of treatment for Autism by insurance companies. That the advances run counter to many conservative US legislators&#8217; opposition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAS presses MH pubs</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/01/nas-presses-mh-pubs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=1279</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Noting recent news in the US, the National Academy of Sciences has taken the opportunity to promote some of its publications related to mental health. Among these is one that is relevant to those concerned about EBD among children and youths, a 2009 report by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council that I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More props for Mr. Artest</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/12/more-props-for-mr-artest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Artest&#8217;s PSA for LA Mental Health Professional basketball player Ron Artest, who admits that he experienced difficulties as a youth and an adult, has been promoting mental health awareness over the past few years. Recently I posted a note acknowledging some of his efforts, and today I call attention to another of them. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Health Initiative</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/11/mental-health-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=1197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes folks lose sight of the fact that disability and mental health issues are international in scope. They&#8217;re not confined just to one&#8217;s own neighborhood, locality, geopolitical area, etc. Fortunately, there are groups that transcend borders (you can probably think of the names of some well-know organizations that function internationally), and there are some in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Props for Ron Artest</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/11/props-for-ron-artest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some readers of EBD Blog might know that I follow basketball. That gives me a unique opportunity to mix my interest in hoops with my concern about EBD in this post. I have the chance to acknowledge efforts by Ron Artest, a professional basketball player, to support mental health initiatives. My hat&#8217;s off to Mr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Society Institute Mental Health Initiative</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/09/open-society-institute-mental-health-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/09/open-society-institute-mental-health-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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