Cindy Long

Community Mental Health -- in an alternative school, in the public schools, and in the kitchen!

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Cindy Long, John Page, Beth Hail, Tiffany Davis, Len Mitchell

Centers tone Community Mental Health, a private nonprofit agency based in Nashville, Tennessee, has responded to community needs by establishing new service programs to address them with whatever funding is available. Three described here are: an alternative school for students who cannot "make it" in public schools, school-based mental health services, and a community kitchen combined with a culinary school. These are examples of the ecological models of Re-EDucation (Re-ED) as developed by Nicholas Hobbs (1994).

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Community Mental Health -- in an alternative school, in the public schools, and in the kitchen!

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