Special Initiatives
Gabriel Myers Work Group
Reports
Psychotherapeutic Medications for Foster Children
- Secretary Sheldon's remarks at press conference on psychotropic drug use among foster children 5/28/09
- Psychotropic Medications Executive Summary
- Psychotropic Medications Report
- QA Preliminary Report - Updated June 25, 2009
- Florida Statutes, Section 39.407
- Florida Administrative Code
- DCF Operating Procedure
- Comprehensive Behavioral Health Assessments
- PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION: For Children in Out of Home Care Business Rules with Data Entry Guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions
- Medicaid Prescribed Drug Program: Oversight of Off-Label Prescribing of Atypical Antipsychotic Medications for Children Under Six Years of Age
Other Reports
- Florida Statewide Advocacy Council Report: Psychotropic Drug Use in Foster Care
- Florida's Children First Briefing Book
- Psychotropic Medication Management for Youth in State Care: Consent, Oversight, and Policy Considerations
- Concomitant Use of Psychotropic Medications and Other Behavioral Health Services with Children in Foster Care
- Medication Algorithms excerpt from: Funding and Characteristics of State Mental Health Agencies - 2007