The nurse in a mental health clinic meets with the parents of a 9-year-old boy with oppositional defiant disorder. Although highly functional, the child has special education needs. Which of the following referrals would be most appropriate?
A) A pediatric mental health nurse practitioner
B) Inpatient psychiatric care
C) A learning specialist
D) A systems of care service coordinator
Ans: D
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Systems of care is a comprehensive spectrum of mental health and other necessary services organized into coordinated networks so that providers can address more appropriately the various and changing needs of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families. All systems of care use some form of service coordination, described as connecting the various systems, agencies, and people, including family, that participate in the child's care, and ensuring effective, ongoing communication among everyone involved so that services and interventions are consistent and directed toward common goals. Often, a service coordinator manages this process; his or her role is to convene and guide a multiagency service coordination team.
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