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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Psychologists as Witnesses: Background and Good Practice in the Delivery of Evidence
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Ireland, Jane L. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2008
An outline of the background to the provision of psychological evidence within legal settings will be provided, with attention to formal and quasi-court settings (e.g., tribunals). Key points of relevance to psychologists and to educational psychologists in particular will be illustrated, including guidelines for defendable written and oral…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Court Litigation, Public Speaking
Improving Methods of Consulting with Young People: Piloting a New Model of Consultation
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Woolfson, Richard C.; Bryce, Donna; Mooney, Lindsay; Harker, Michael; Lowe, Dorothy; Ferguson, Ellen – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2008
National and international legislation has increasingly placed a duty on professionals to consult with young people about matters affecting their lives. Consequently, conducting consultation exercises with young people in order to improve the quality of services available is becoming established practice in many areas. Following on from previous…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Needs, Attitude Measures
Evidence for the Efficacy of Systemic Models of Practice from a Cross-Sectional Survey of Schools' Satisfaction with Their Educational Psychologists
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Boyle, James M. E.; MacKay, Tommy – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2007
A follow-up cross-sectional survey of the involvement of educational psychologists in pupil support in mainstream primary and secondary schools was conducted using questionnaires employed in a study carried out 10 years previously. The questionnaires were sent to the head teachers of 112 primaries and 24 secondaries in four education authorities.…
Descriptors: School Surveys, Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools
Prevention Is Better than Cure: Coping Skills Training for Adolescents at School
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Frydenberg, Erica; Lewis, Ramon; Bugalski, Kerry; Cotta, Amanda; McCarthy, Cathy; Luscombe-Smith, Neringa; Poole, Charles – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2004
Children and adolescents today face a plethora of stressful problems, including family and relationship conflict, death of close family members or friends, and academic and social pressures. Such problems have been found to contribute to an increased risk of various emotional-social-cognitive difficulties in adolescence. These include academic…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Secondary Education, Adolescents, Stress Management