Health care reform and psychological practice in schools.

National policy calls for the placement of comprehensive, customer-oriented, and accessible health and social services programs for America's children and youth. Schools have been targeted as the ideal location for such services. Numerous models of school-based and school-linked programs have been initiated. The role of psychology in these emerging models and programs is highly variable; however, it is an essential service that increasingly is being recognized as necessary in order for schools to address complex and diverse student and staff health needs. In this article, models for the delivery of school health services are profiled. Implications for practitioners who currently work in schools and for psychologists who are not currently working in schools but who are interested in maximizing psychology's contribution to school health services are offered. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)