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Marta Olid-Luque; Patricia Ayllón-Salas; José L. Arco-Tirado; Francisco D. Fernández-Martín – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
The aims of this systematic review were to identify, describe, and synthesize the characteristics and effectiveness of self-regulated learning training programs on primary education students' self-regulated learning and academic achievement. The study implemented a systematic review protocol that encompassed both primary and complementary…
Descriptors: Self Management, Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, Training
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Tilley, Micah A.; Montreuil, Tina – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Understanding how cognitive-behavioral therapy programs can be best implemented within the school environment is critical for ensuring that preventative mental health efforts reach all children and are most effective. The purpose of this study was to provide a qualitative analysis of students and school-based facilitators' perspectives of a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Intervention, Feasibility Studies
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Malone, Celeste M.; Ishmail, Kareem Z. – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
With the rapidly increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the school-aged population, school psychologists must be properly trained to engage in culturally competent practice; however, little is known about how school psychology programs prepare their trainees to serve diverse populations. The purpose of this study was to update Rogers et al.'s…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Student Diversity, Cross Cultural Training, Minority Group Students
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Ho, Leslie C.; Bierman, Karen L.; Jacobson, Linda N.; Welsh, Janet A.; Hall, Cristin M.; Lee, David L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Small group social skills training (SST) is recommended to improve the social behavior and peer relations of rejected children, but child responses vary. This study explored variation in intervention experiences that emerged in a large study of a school-based SST program for peer-rejected children and associations with program outcomes. One…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Rejection (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Peer Acceptance
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Robertson, Adrianne; Mason, E. C. M.; Placeres, Vanessa; Carter, Hannah – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Mental health factors can impact student academic performance and success. Student mental health concerns such as depression and anxiety and are a growing concern within P-12 school systems. The dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice have increased concerns about student mental health and exacerbated existing traumas particularly for…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Health, Intervention
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Amesty, Elvia; Páez, Doris – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
Because teachers have regular access to youth, they have the potential of playing a significant role in health promotion and drug abuse prevention strategies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of training and encouraging project-based learning methods on Venezuelan teachers' attitudes toward school-based drug abuse prevention…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Health Promotion, Drug Abuse
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Garbacz, Lauren L.; Zychinski, Kristen E.; Feuer, Rachel M.; Carter, Jocelyn S.; Budd, Karen S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
Problem behaviors in preschool-aged children negatively affect teacher-child relationships and children's skill development. In this clinical replication of an initial study, we implemented Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT), a teacher-delivered, universal intervention designed for early childhood settings. The initial study evaluated…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Preschool Children, Behavior Problems, Skill Development
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Liebling-Boccio, Dana E.; Jennings, Heather R. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
Directors and coordinators (n = 75) of graduate programs in school psychology approved by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) were surveyed regarding their training practices in suicide risk assessment. Respondents viewed the assessment of suicide risk as an important part of graduate instruction, and most believed that…
Descriptors: Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Suicide, School Psychology
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Peck, Heather L.; Bray, Melissa A.; Kehle, Thomas J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2003
This investigation analyzed the effect of relaxation and guided imagery on lung function and anxiety by employing a multiple baseline design across four middle school students with asthma. With the introduction of the intervention, it was found that lung function improved and anxiety decreased in all students. (Contains 63 references, 1 table, and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Asthma, Imagery, Intervention
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White, Garry W.; Pryzwansky, Walter B. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Investigated the effects of learning disabilities teacher training for consultation with classroom teachers. Learning disabilities resource teachers (N=4) received communication skills training, and resource teachers (N=4) received conceptual assumptions training. Training resource teachers in communication skills resulted in significantly higher…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities
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Stickle, Fred E.; Pellegreno, Dominick – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Examined the effects of training high school students (N=56) to accurately label facial affects of happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, disgust, and neutrality. The treatment period extended over three, one-hour group presentations. Found the experimental group significantly improved its ability to accurately label facial affect following…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classification, Facial Expressions, High School Students
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Wright, Jim; Cleary, Kristi S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
Increasingly, elementary schools across America are adopting prereferral intervention models that follow a structured problem-solving consultation process to reduce referrals to special education and to improve student academic outcomes. One feasible and affordable systems-level solution for a school that must deliver reading interventions of high…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Tutors, Prereferral Intervention, Reading Fluency
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Graybill, Daniel; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1984
Investigated the effectiveness of verbal self-instruction (VSI) in increasing reflectivity in eight impulsive learning disabled children. Results showed the children trained with VSI showed reductions in impulsivity on the Matching Familiar Figures Test, but not in ratings by regular classroom teachers. (JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Restructuring, Elementary Education