Disparities between the educational outcomes of students of color and their White peers have persisted across decades. Multicultural consultee-centered consultation has the potential to mitigate negative outcomes for students of color by improving the knowledge and skills of teachers. However, more empirical research is needed to understand the…

School psychologists are uniquely positioned to support the delivery of evidence-based mental health practices (EBMHPs) to address the overwhelming mental health needs of children and youth. Graduate training programs can promote EBMHPs in schools by ensuring school psychologists enter the workplace prepared to deliver and support high-quality,…

Bronfenbrenner (1977) defined ecological-systems theory (EST) as the study of the multiple interconnected environmental systems that influence individual development. To understand the child, psychologists must fully examine the environment in which the child lives including the home, school, community, and culture (Bronfenbrenner, 1986). There…

The present study examined parent-teacher congruent communication within conjoint behavioral consultation (CBC). Specifically, the study purpose was to determine the extent to which congruence in parent-teacher communication (i.e., the degree to which parents and teachers view their communication in a similar fashion) moderated CBC's effects on…

Instructional Consultation is a school-based consultation model designed to enhance student and staff performance. An interview-based, self-report instrument, the Level of Implementation Scale was developed to measure the presence of behavioral indicators of the seven critical dimensions of Instructional Consultation. The current article evaluates…

Examines school psychologists' perceptions of conjoint behavioral consultation (CBC) as a method of service delivery. Reports findings from a national survey regarding the acceptability of CBC. Participants rated CBC as clearly acceptable. Presents specific consultant variables, perceived barriers, and differential acceptability of CBC with other…

Proposes that as consultation becomes a larger part of the school psychologist's role and function, the need to empirically identify characteristics of effective consultants is increasingly important. Describes the Consultant Effectiveness Scale (CES) and reexamines it with a national sample of school psychologists. Evaluates discriminate validity…

This study evaluated the effectiveness of two consultation-based models for designing academic interventions to enhance the educational functioning of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Children (N = 167) meeting "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual" (4th ed.--text revision; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) criteria for…

Consultation has been shown to be an effective means to deliver school-based psychological services. The purpose of this study was to link patterns of consultant and teacher verbal interactions to consultation outcomes. Relational communication (Rogers & Escudero, 2004) was the research perspective taken, and the source of the consultation…

Investigation expands upon the Erchul and Chewning (1990) study examining relational communication aspects of behavioral consultation. Study hypothesizes that the more a consultee follows the lead of a consultant, the more favorable the outcome for consultants. Results indicate participants were more controlling than those in previous study. One…

Describes lag-sequential analysis and its unique contributions to research literature, addressing communication processes in school-based consultation. For purposes of demonstrating the application and potential utility of lag-sequential analysis, article analyzes the communication behaviors of two consultants. Considers directions for future…

This study's focus was on school psychologists' perceived effectiveness of 11 social power bases (Raven, 1993) that may be drawn upon when consulting with initially resistant teachers. Specifically, the relationship between consultant gender and perceptions of power base effectiveness was examined. The Interpersonal Power Inventory-Form CT…

This article reviews the current status of school consultation research and critiques the research methodologies used in consultation research. Major theoretical models in which consultation research has been conducted are briefly described. Consultation research is reviewed in three primary areas of investigation: (1) outcome research; (2)…

Selected principles from ethical codes published by the American Psychological Association and the National Association of School Psychologists are applied to the task of articulating the consultants' ethical responsibilities to consultees, pupils, parents, and the employer-school. (Author/LMO)

Notes that psychologists providing services to children and adolescents with severe disabilities face numerous challenges requiring expanded approach to evaluation, consultation, and intervention. Describes three-year federally supported inservice training project in detail. Discusses best training practices which emphasize interdisciplinary…