Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been documented to be effective in treating depression in adolescence, but there is great variability in the clinical outcome of CBT trials. This may in part be due to variations in the content of, and emphasis on different CBT components. Moreover, little is known about adolescents' subjective experiences of…

Seymour Sarason passed away on January 10, 2010 at the age of 91. He was the author of more than 40 books, including The Culture of the School and the Problem of Change (1971), The Creation of Settings and the Future Societies (1972), and The Psychological Sense of Community: Prospects for a Community Psychology (1974). His groundbreaking ideas…

Nicholas Long is one of the nation's foremost leaders in the field of reeducating troubled children and youth. During a career that has spanned more than 50 years, he has created and administered model psycho-educational treatment programs, authored or coauthored seven texts and more than 100 articles, and developed video series about working with…

Psychoeducational reports are the primary means for a school psychologist to communicate the results of an assessment. Although reports should be written in the most efficient and reader-friendly manner, this is not always the case. Additionally, problems in report writing have remained relatively consistent for several decades, despite…

School personnel and parents refer youth for psychoeducational evaluations for various reasons. At times, the data do not indicate difficulties that necessitate any level of special education services. That should not mean that the school psychologist's work is complete. Given that evaluation data can indicate a wide variety of issues, including…

Studies have shown that improved parenting mediates treatment outcomes for aggressive children, but we lack fine-grained descriptions of how parent-child interactions change with treatment. The current study addresses this gap by applying new dynamic systems methods to study parent-child emotional behavior patterns. These methods tap…

Ninety-three parents and 102 adolescents were referred by juvenile court and treated for substance abuse and a co-morbid diagnosis of either oppositional defiant or conduct disorder using a parent education program over a six-week period. The goals of this study were to assess whether or not active parent involvement and the concurrent treatment…

Preschool children (N=4) from a university-based school psychology clinic were studied to assess whether increases in compliance could be obtained in clinical settings by using only positive procedures such as effective instruction delivery and time-in. Both procedures alone achieved increases in compliance over baseline levels, and additional…

To bridge the communication gap between clinic and school, the Psycho-Educational Center of Coney Island Hospital prepared prescriptive psychoeducational evaluations of each child referred and followed up by asking teachers and guidance counselors in 38 schools to evaluate reports sent them during 6 months for 56 learning disabled children.…

Reviews case histories of girls sexually misused by their family members, maintaining that such incestuous relationships usually result in profound psychological impairment in the abused child. (CM)

This article presents findings concerning the relationship between schools and psychotherapeutic agencies in a suburban community of the northeastern United States. Significant questions concerning the deviant defining institutions in American society, their relation to adolescents, and the social network created by their interdependence are…

In working with severely emotionally disturbed children from infancy to age 14, Rutland Center utilizes a developmental approach through which program work is matched to a child's particular state of physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development. Based on 146 objectives, the curriculum deals with behavior, communication, socialization,…

This paper describes the emerging role of fathers in a society that presents obstacles to men who seek active involvement in fatherhood. A developmental, psycho/educational model is presented, which enables expectant and new fathers to gain support, knowledge, and skills in their new role, and confidence in themselves. (Author)

Presents a few of the key beginning developments of behavior therapy with delinquents in the 1960s, with an evaluation of major current practices and trends. (Author/RK)

Describes the rationale and techniques of a therapy program designed to keep children with behavior and learning problems in regular classrooms for part of the school day. (BRT)