The effects on counselors of working with sexual violence survivors were studied with 118 psychologists and 30 sexual violence counselors. Counselors with a higher percentage of survivors in their case loads reported more disrupted beliefs, more symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, and more self-reported vicarious trauma. (SLD)

Examines the community-based mental health preventive measures undertaken by the school psychology services in response to the missile attacks on Israel during the Gulf War. Attempts to report and delineate the major assumptions and components of some of the key interventions. (Author/NB)

Analyzed data on 437 handicapped infants and toddlers referred for services between 1988 and 1989. Findings provide a realistic view of the type and intensity of services often needed by this age group, frequency of specific handicapping conditions, and types of recommendations made. Findings provide information useful to future planning related…

Describes the theory and practice of family-centered child psychology, a philosophy of treatment that views the child in the context of family and community and attempts to engage the family in the therapeutic process. Graduate-level training and research issues in this model are discussed. (DM)

Examined agreement among psychotherapists about nature of healthy psychological functioning. Administered Mental Health Values Questionnaire to national samples of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and psychoanalysts. Found relatively high degree of consensus among four professional disciplines. Individual differences were associated…

Boards can soften the termination blow by assuring employees that layoffs are not personal and offering to write letters of recommendation. School systems should also give early notices and reasonable explanations, eliminate positions through attrition and early retirement, and place certified administrators in lesser administrative or teaching…

Sees questions of professional identity and minimal entry-level continuing to be debated within school psychology and as impacting on scientist-practitioner model to which school psychologists aspire. Addresses abuse of "empirical logic" to reject notion that doctorate is appropriate degree for school psychologists. Suggests that debate…

Describes principles of rational-emotive education (REE), emotional education program based on rational-emotive therapy which has been shown to be effective with school-age children who present variety of problems. Discusses role of school psychologist in introducing REE to teachers interested in employing mental health prevention programs.…

Reconsiders scientist-practitioner model, following brief historical account of its foundations and assumptions. Reconsideration incorporates viewpoints of science both as knowledge base and methods of knowing what is true, with social constructionism perspective. Presents suggestions for implementing scientist-practitioner model in school…

Investigated whether psychologists possess psychometric knowledge necessary to evaluate discrepancies within individual's test performance with sufficient accuracy to ensure reliable decision making. Only 8.7% of 287 school psychologists were able to correctly evaluate whether 4 sets of ability-achievement scores reflected chance measurement…

Conducted two studies to examine application of specific metacognitive strategy, think-aloud procedure, to assessment and intervention. Found that asking students to give reasons for responses improved performance on test of reading comprehension (Study 1) and that incorporating think-aloud technique in remedial reading instruction resulted in…

Surveyed knowledge, use, and attitudes about curriculum-based assessment (CBA) among school psychologists (n-228). Found that 46% of respondents had used CBA; but only 18% of users had used CBA consistently. Psychologists viewed CBA as less biased than published standardized tests for assessment of children from culturally diverse groups and…

Outlines implications of educational reform initiatives for psychologists and discusses the roles they can play in the process of educational reform. The experience of Kentucky with its Kentucky Educational Reform Act serves as an example of the systemic education reform efforts many states are undertaking and illustrates the importance of…

Results from a study involving 153 clinicians who used the new Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (a Q-sort approach) and eight patient interviews suggest the usefulness of the SWAP to measure personality disorders and refine categories and criteria according to Axis II of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"…

Examines and discusses the principles and practices of organizational changes as they relate to efforts to bring about meaningful school reform, with an overview of a six-step model for collaborative planning and problem solving. (Author/JDM)