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Falletta-Cowden, Neal; Lewon, Matthew – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Social validity refers to the extent to which applied behavior analytic (ABA) treatment goals, methods, and/or outcomes are acceptable and meaningful to stakeholders. The aim of this conceptual paper is to suggest how social validity may be promoted during behavioral consultation in school systems and how the assessment of various aspects of…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Cooperation, Behavior Modification, Consultation Programs
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Liang, Christopher T. H.; Gutekunst, Malaika H. C.; Kohler, Brooke A.; Rosenberger, Teresa; Mui, Vivian W.; Williams, Keya; Safi, Jessica M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Studies suggest that among children, adverse childhood experiences increase the risk of developing behavioral challenges in and out of the school environment. Rooted in distributed leadership, trauma-leadership teams (TLTs) are a novel systems-based intervention in which a team of educators deepens knowledge and works to implement…
Descriptors: Trauma Informed Approach, Teamwork, School Activities, Leadership
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Frydman, Jason S.; Hyman, Sarah; Caputo, Sydney – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
Recently there has been an expansion of the literature on creative arts therapy (CAT) interventions in the United States (U.S.) school system. However, findings across studies in the field have yet to be systematically investigated on a national level. The present review is an integrative systematic review of empirically evaluated CAT intervention…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Literature Reviews, Intervention, Program Evaluation
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Damra, Jalal K.; Omari, Omar Al – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the short-term effects of the social networking safety promotion and cyberbullying prevention presentation of the Arizona attorney general's guided by the extended parallel process model (EPPM). A quasi-experimental (a pre-posttest) was used with two groups with random assignment to intervention. A total of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Prevention, Intervention
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Castro, Elena Maker; Medina, Christian; Suárez-Orozco, Carola – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Immigrant-origin (I-O) youth face increasing anti-immigrant rhetoric in the United States, including in their schools. School-based intergroup dialogue programming may help I-O youth and their peers build a more inclusionary culture. We qualitatively examined how I-O youth and their peers experienced a week-long school-wide intergroup dialogue…
Descriptors: High School Students, Immigrants, Intergroup Relations, Dialogs (Language)
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Ma, Pei-Wen W.; Torres, Aileen; Akoto, Marsha A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The "Cultural Adjustment Group" is a pilot school-based group intervention for recently arrived immigrant middle school students. This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and provided preliminary assessment data to guide future intervention research. Seventy (Male, n = 43; Female, n = 27) immigrant students who were…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Immigrants, Intervention, School Activities
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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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Alkalay, Sarit; Dolev, Avivit – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The present study describes the successful operation of an online forum designed to answer questions posted by Israeli elementary-school children during an emergency exercise. Analysis of 212 posts revealed that being younger predict higher levels of emotional intensity. Younger children are 3.561 times more likely than older children to have an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Emergency Programs, Questioning Techniques
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Duppong Hurley, Kristin; Lambert, Matthew C.; January, Stacy-Ann A.; Huscroft D'Angelo, Jacqueline – Psychology in the Schools, 2017
Given the lack of research on measurement models used to operationalize parental involvement with secondary students, the goal of this research is to examine the measurement properties of the three-domain conceptualization of parental involvement including school-based involvement, home-based involvement, and academic socialization, compared to a…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Family Environment, Socialization
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Proctor, Briley E.; Steadman, Tara – Psychology in the Schools, 2003
The present study examined whether school psychologists who serve a single school ("In-House" group) differed from school psychologists who serve several schools concurrently ("Traditional" group) in the three areas of job satisfaction, burnout, and effectiveness as perceived by the school psychologist. A total of 63 school psychology…
Descriptors: School Activities, Familiarity, School Psychology, Multivariate Analysis
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Boxer, Paul; Musher-Eizenman, Dara; Dubow, Eric F.; Danner, Stephanie; Heretick, Donna M. L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
This article describes qualitative and quantitative assessment based on responses of 221 teachers from nine elementary schools in two districts (urban and suburban) to inform plans for reducing and preventing student aggression. Teachers' perceptions of students' aggressive behavior and beliefs were validated against students' self-reports and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, School Activities, Program Development, Prevention
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Linares, L. Oriana; Rosbruch, Nicole; Stern, Marcia B.; Edwards, Martha E.; Walker, Gillian; Abikoff, Howard B.; Alvir, Jose Ma. J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
This preliminary study examined intervention effects of a universal prevention program offered by classroom teachers to public elementary school students. The Unique Minds School Program (M.B. Stern, 1999) is a teacher-led program designed to promote cognitive-social-emotional (CSE) skills, including student self-efficacy, problem solving,…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 4, School Activities, Prevention