Curriculum Modules
Curriculum modules especially relevant to Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) principles have been developed for faculty to use in their courses. Modules currently available are:

• Recovery, Stigma and Discrimination by Betty Dahlquist, MSW, Executive Director, CASRA
  
  
• Co-Occurring Disorders by Dr. Sally Mathiesen, Professor, San Diego State University, School of Social Work
  
  
• Specialized Interventions for Children and Transition Aged Youth with Severe Emotional Disabilities by Sigrid James, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Ecology, Loma Linda University,
  
  
• Specialized Mental Health Interventions with Older Adults by Dr. Michael Johnson, Professor, Department of Social Work, California State University Stanislaus
  
  
• Collaboration between Mental Health and Child Welfare Services by Sigrid James, Ph.D., Department of Social Work and Social Ecology, Loma Linda University, and Lynne Marsenich, LCSW, Mental Health Consultant, California Institute for Mental Health
  

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Syllabi from Schools of Social Work

• California State University, Bakersfield
• California State University, Chico
• California State University, Fresno
• California State University, San Bernardino
• California State University, Stanislaus
• San Diego State University

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Technical Assistance and Consultation
A variety of technical assistance and consultation activities with members and partners of the CalSWEC Mental Health Initiative have taken place since the inception of the initiative in late 2003.

Activities include but are not limited to:

• regional meetings with schools and county/county contract mental health agencies around curriculum integration and implementation;
  
  
• consultation and discussion with state and national organizations regarding development of relevant curriculum and statewide partnerships to aid in the transformation of mental health services; and
  
  
• regional meetings with mental health directors and regional partnership groups around training and curriculum issues.

Presentations have been made to the California Mental Health Association (CMHDA), California Department of Mental Health (DMH) Mental Health Planning Council (MHPC), California Institute of Mental Health, and the Older Adults Committee of the MHPC around mental health curriculum and training issues.

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