Alphabet Soup

A list of acronyms for my Working with Adolescents: Practice, Systems and Advocacy course.
Many are specific to California.
Obviously, I'll be adding more as the semester continues.
Eventually I'll link to relevant websites and definitions.

AIM - Access for Infants and Mothers
CCS - California Children's Services
CHDPP - California Children's Health and Disability Prevention Program
EPSDT - Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (Federal Program)
FSP - Full Service Partnerships
ICAN - Inter-Agency Counsel on Abuse and Neglect
IHSS - In-Home Support Services
LSP hold- Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
MHSA - Mental Health Services Act
PAI - Protection and Advocacy Inc
SPA - Service Planning Area
SELPA - Special Education Local Planning Area
SOS - Systems of Care
SSI - Supplemental Security Income
TAY - Transitional Age Youth
TBS - Therapeutic Behavioral Services

HEALTHmap

Because tracking infectious diseases, worldwide, at 2 o'clock in the morning is a fantastic idea. . .

HEALTHmap: http://www.healthmap.org

"HEALTHmap provides a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state o infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health by combing disparate data sources, of varying reliability, ranging from news sources (such as Google News) to curated personal accounts (such as ProMED) to validated official alerts (such as World Health Organization). Through an automated text processing system, the data is aggregated by disease and displayed by location for user-friendly access to the original alert. HEALTHmap provides a jumping-off point for real-time information on emerging infectious diseases and has particular interest for public health officials and international travelers."

PILOTS database-Military social work research

It would have been nice to have this a month ago. . .

PILOTS database-Military social work research (link goes to USC login. available via ProQuest)

About this database:

The PILOTS bibliographic database, covering the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress, is produced at the headquarters of the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in White River Junction, Vermont. The PILOTS database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage.

Subject Coverage:

• post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder (with or without reference to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
• the assessment, description, prevention, or treatment of any psychiatric disorder, especially dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder), other dissociative disorders, or borderline personality disorder, associated etiologically or epidemiologically with exposure to a traumatic event, or to an event experienced as traumatic by the population under discussion
• the preparation or provision of mental health services to a traumatized population or a population at risk of experiencing traumatic events
• issues of professional ethics, scientific methodology, or public policy relating to traumatized populations.

Dates of Coverage: 1871-current

Update Frequency: monthly

Size: Over 33,554 records as of January 2008

Policy Links

Los Angeles City and County:

• City of Los Angeles: http://www.lacity.org
• LA County Board of Supervisors: http://bos.co.la.ca.us

California State Resources:

• State of California: http://www.ca.gov
  
• California State Legislature: http://www.legislature.ca.gov
  
• Finding your State Representatives: http://www.legislature.ca.gov/port-zipsearch.html
  
• California State Senate: http://www.senate.ca.gov
  
• California State Assembly: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
  
• California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General: http://caag.state.ca.us
  
• The California Voter Foundation: http://www.calvoter.org
  
• Stateline (California): http://www.stateline.org/stateline/?pa=state&sa=showStateInfo&id=CA
  
• California State Association of Counties (CSAC): http://www.csac.counties.org
  

Federal Resources:

• U.S. Government: http://www.firstgov.gov
  
• The White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov
  
• U.S. Senate: http://www.senate.gov
  
• U.S. House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov
  
• Finding your U.S. Representative: http://www.house.gov/zip/ZIP2Rep.html
  
• Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov
  
• GPO Access (Government Printing Office): http://www.gpoaccess.gov
  
• Thomas: http://thomas.loc.gov
  

Other:

• Project Vote Smart: http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm
  
• Influencing State Policy: http://www.statepolicy.org
  
• Google U.S. Government Search: http://www.google.com/ig/usgov
  
• Enter Your Zip Code to see Census Data: http://zipskinny.com
• Google Maps - Where a Bill Becomes a Law: http://whereabill.org