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Systems Change and Services for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities in Kentucky

VICKI L. PHILLIPS, MA, is chief executive assistant to Kentucky's Commissioner of Education. As such she is intricately involved in the implementation of Kentucky's comprehensive education reform legislation. She has considerable experience in the development, training, and implementation of school-based collaborative problem-solving processes. Her current interests include interagency collaboration, policy and program change for students with emotional-behavioral disabilities, and school-based planning and management. Address: Vicki Phillips, Office of the Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Education, Capital Plaza Tower, Frankfort, KY 40601.

C. MICHAEL NELSON

C. MICHAEL NELSON, EdD, is professor and coordinator of the Special Education Leadership Training Program at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. He has written extensively on methods of intervention with children's behavior disorders. His current interests include juvenile offenders with disabilities and interagency services for children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders.

J. ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN

J. ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN, EdS, is a curriculum director with the Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, Kentucky. He has been a teacher of and principal for students with severe emotional--behavioral disabilities. His current interests include providing educational services for all students regardless of disability or categorical identification, and working with collaborative educational teams.

Children and youth with emotional and behavioral disabilities constitute a population with diverse needs that require unique and complex services that may involve multiple human service agencies. The lack of integrated service delivery patterns has meant that the needs of these children have not been adequately met in many states and communities. This paper describes a comprehensive, ongoing effort to redesign services to these children in Kentucky. The process and outcomes are discussed, including emerging issues that impede the delivery of effective services to children and their families. It is anticipated that the Kentucky experience may prove beneficial to planners in other states and local areas.

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Vol. 1, No. 3, 155-164 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/106342669300100303


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