[footer.htm]Dr. David Osher has written and presented extensively on the issues facing children with emotional and behavioral problems and their families. He is currently Project Director for the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, a five-year cooperative agreement funded through the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (1996-present), to identify and exchange effective and promising practices for children and youth with emotional and behavioral problems. His work focuses on client-directed and strengths-based approaches, diversity, and interagency collaboration at the Federal, state, and local level. He has a solid understanding of the infrastructure of national, state, and local organizations and programs that provide services to children and youth with emotional or behavioral problems, and is in frequent contact with representatives from many of these organizations.
Dr. Osher was responsible for developing the widely acclaimed National Agenda to Improve Results for Children and Youth With Serious Emotional Disturbance. His knowledge and understanding of the needs of children with SED and of the service organizations that help them was instrumental in identifying and developing the seven targets of the National Agenda. Dr. Osher coordinated and had overall responsibility for a major national invitational conference Making Collaboration Work for Children, Youth, Families, Schools and Communities, a project that incorporated a national and invitational video conference in which over 300 sites participated.
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