The Open Learning Initiative (OLI) is an open educational resources project at Carnegie Mellon University that began in 2002 with a grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. OLI creates web-based courses that are designed so that students can learn effectively without an instructor. In addition, the courses are often used by instructors…

This article is a description of a program designed to prepare regular classroom teachers to more effectively integrate certain exceptional students into their classrooms by facilitating resumption of normal development in children arrested in their psychological growth. (HMD)

In this report, the Accelerated Learning Certification Committee presents the results of its efforts to standardize the levels of competency certification for Accelerated Learning. The three levels of competency certification recommended are: (1) The Practitioner level (enables graduates to teach their subject matter with a high level of…

An invited comment on the array of ideas presented in the special feature on psychological education (School Counselor, May, 1973) as a new direction counseling is taking. (JC)

Comprehensive academic achievement tests are routinely used by school psychologists in psycho-educational assessment batteries to identify learning disabled students. A variety of assessment measures are used across age groups to determine if a discrepancy exists between academic achievement and intellectual functioning; however, among the most…

Serious video games for health are designed to entertain players while attempting to modify some aspect of their health behavior. Behavior is a complex process influenced by multiple factors, often making it difficult to change. Behavioral science provides insight into factors that influence specific actions that can be used to guide key game…

This article reviews issues involved with using norm-referenced measures within an intervention validity model. Methodological examination of intervention validity has become more important as intervention methodologies have become part of federal legislation. However, current practice and federal guidelines often implicitly portray a dichotomy…

Objective. The purpose of this study was to examine differences between traditional student assistance teams and an innovative consultation-based assistance team in terms of the risk ratios for minority students for evaluation and eligibility for special education services. It was hypothesized that the innovative consultation-based assistance team…

Eleven survivors of Reye's syndrome (a form of severe enaphalopathy) ranging in age from 9 months to 12 years were evaluated for neurological and psychoeducational sequelae. (Author)

Considers the need for a defined and systematic curriculum in psychoeducation. Proposes areas of importance in a psychoeducational curriculum including preparatory coursework in the foundations, principles, and concepts of psychoeducation and program development, and practicum training in psychoeducation and program development. (Author/JAC)

The functions of the Psycho-Education Center at the University of Washington are described, together with the services it will offer to the state and local communities. (MM)

Describes the development pathway of family treatments for patients with severe and persistent psychiatric disorders in a population for whom family attributes have prognostic importance. The methodological complexities of psychosocial treatment studies are many. Moreover, the results of these studies often reflect interactions between treatment,…

The present study examined the effectiveness of a bully prevention program counselors may use to modify teachers' knowledge/ use of bullying intervention skills, teachers' self-efficacy, and students' classroom bullying behaviors. Participants attended 3 training sessions and participated on a support team. The findings indicated that the…

If everyone needs an education through two years of college or the equivalent, then the nation has an obligation to provide a far more certain pathway for postsecondary success than it does now. Because so many young people fail to complete the final years of high school, graduate but do not apply to college, or begin postsecondary education only…