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Abstract: 

This paper focuses on a cross-disciplinary effort that resulted in the creation of the New Hampshire Children’s Behavioral Health Core Competencies for the New Hampshire Children’s Behavioral Health Workforce and the ways in which those competencies have been used to influence changes in children’s mental health curriculums for college undergraduate and graduate students. In particular, department chairs and directors in New Hampshire describe how the core competencies were used in a crosswalk activity their faculty members at three college and university undergraduate and graduate programs in community mental health and mental health counseling, psychology, school psychology, and counselor education. The paper describes the resulting changes in curriculums, internship requirements and sites, and faculty responses in several of the programs. It ends with a description of future directions for this college-level work in New Hampshire.

Keywords: Children’s mental health, mental health curriculums, system of care, New Hampshire Children’s Behavioral Health Core Competencies, cross-disciplinary practice

Affiliations:  1: University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability; 2: New England College; 3: Southern New Hampshire University; 4: Plymouth State University.