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Hausheer, Robin; Hansen, Alana; Doumas, Diana M. – Journal of School Counseling, 2011
This study examined the effectiveness of a remedial reading program on improving reading fluency and comprehension among elementary school students. Twenty-four students were selected to participate in the 8-month program. Results indicated reading fluency and reading comprehension scores improved significantly across the academic year for both…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Remedial Reading, Reading Fluency
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Uellendahl, Gail; Stephens, Diana; Buono, Lisa; Lewis, Rolla – Journal of School Counseling, 2009
The need for greater accountability in school counseling practice is widely accepted within the profession. However, there are obstacles to making accountability efforts common practice among all school counselors. The Support Personnel Accountability Report Card (SPARC) is a tool that can be used to encourage and support these efforts. In this…
Descriptors: Action Research, Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Data Collection
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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
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Somody, Catherine; Henderson, Patricia; Cook, Katrina; Zambrano, Elias – Professional School Counseling, 2008
School counselors acknowledge the need for supervision but rarely receive it. This article describes the counselor performance improvement system in one school district. Supervision is embedded in a process that assesses counselors' levels of professionalism on a matrix of competence and commitment. Administrative and clinical supervisors…
Descriptors: Counselor Performance, Supervision, Program Descriptions, School Counseling
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Kazdin, Alan E.; Whitley, Moira K. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The authors examined the parent-therapist alliance in parent management training for children (N = 218; 53 girls and 165 boys, ages 2-14) referred clinically for oppositional, aggressive, and antisocial behavior. The interrelations of pretreatment parent social relationships, the parent-therapist alliance over the course of treatment, and…
Descriptors: Therapy, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Antisocial Behavior
Pianta, Robert C. – 1999
This book aims to provide counselors with the theoretical and technical basis needed for designing interventions that enhance relationships between children and teachers. It draws on research in social development and relationships-systems theory to describe the role of child-adult relationships in the development of social and academic…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Helping Relationship, Improvement Programs