Meeting the Needs of Children with Emotional Problems in a Profoundly Rural Area: A Preventive Model

Abstract

In an attempt to better meet the needs of children with emotional problems in profoundly rural areas, the Wyoming Department of Education and the University of Wyoming organized a summer institute for regular educators. The intent of this institute was to provide intensive training in theory, concepts, and techniques that would allow regular educators to work with children who were emotionally disturbed in a preventative manner. One year after the first institute was held, some of the participants were brought back to the University of Wyoming and assessment data were gathered. Questionnaire and interview data both indicate that the institute was successful and that the preventative model achieved its goals.