title: Promoting positive developmental outcomes in sexual minority youth through best practices in clinic-school consultation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Educational and healthcare service delivery systems play an important role within the lives of sexual minority youth.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To provide justification and recommendations for improving the coordination and collaboration of school-based mental health professionals and child and adolescent psychiatric nurses via presentation of a set of consultation best practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multidisciplinary literature specific to sexual minority youth, school climate, clinical experience, and consultation practices.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses are in a position to advocate for and provide education about sexual minority youth in schools and to provide direct support to this population. By creating collaborative relationships across clinics and schools, information and expertise can be shared and applied to affect change and lead to positive outcomes for all students.
authors.affiliation: Applied Developmental Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. hirscham@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: Alicia L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Crowl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008913:Minority Groups; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012572:School Health Services; D012573:School Nursing; D014189:Transsexualism