Compares various base-rate procedures with statistical-significance testing approach used by psychologists. Nonlinear multivariate method is used to determine whether children with a learning disability or emotional disturbance are more likely to show unusual subtest patterns than are children from the normative sample of Wechsler Intelligence…

Reviews, analyzes, and synthesizes two decades of factor-analytic research on child and adolescent social skills to derive an empirically based taxonomy. Five behavioral dimensions occur consistently: Peer Relations, Self-Management, Academic, Compliance, and Assertion. Clinicians and researchers may use taxonomy to provide nomenclature with which…

Examines whether behavioral rating scales constitute valid measure of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Presents major issues in assessment and cross-cultural assessment of ADHD, and reviews studies that have assessed culturally different groups. The lack of available evidence suggests that the use of behavioral ratings with…

Literature review provides social and cultural information needed by school psychologists serving Latino and Mexican migrant farmworking children and families, examples of school-based programs, and implications for public policy and practice. (Author/JDM)

Examines the degree to which major provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997 are likely to advance or retard the progress of special education reform. Implications for school psychological practice and research are described. (Author/MKA)

A survey of 288 elementary and secondary North Dakota schools found 75% had a school refusal behavior (SRB) identification system in place, 57% had a school psychologist available, principals were most frequently responsible for identifying school refusers, 2.3% of students were identified as school refusers of which 49% falsely claimed illness,…

Introduces issue of collected articles that work towards providing an integration of and across-fertilization between education- and mental health-oriented theory, research, and school-based practice. The articles seek to show how academic and social-emotional assets and problems are interrelated and how schools have a role in their development…

Describes the Participatory Intervention Model (PIM), a participatory approach for conceptualizing and implementing research-based interventions that aim to develop acceptable and sustainable change efforts. Discusses PIM's potential for bridging the gap between research and practice, addressing cultural diversity, fostering partnerships,…

Findings are presented from a national survey on current supervision and evaluation practices of school psychologists. There was moderate satisfaction among the respondents about practices, although many reported they did not have enough supervision available to meet standards of the profession. Higher satisfaction with supervision was found when…

Examines school psychologist and teacher perceptions of the effectiveness of 11 bases of social power that psychologists might use with initially resistant teachers. Results suggest that both groups rated expert and informational power as the most effective bases, ranked the 11 power bases in a similar way, and indicated that psychologists would…

Although special services providers are trained to address a range of behavioral problems, there has been little attention paid to non-traditional training sites which can prepare special service providers for working with seriously delinquent youth. Article considers the increasingly delinquent behaviors of children and describes an internship…

Problems experienced by youth with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) exact enormous toll on themselves, families and communities. Authors discuss three mental health initiatives for EBD youth, consisting of school-based practices, individualized care, stakeholder collaboration, intensive service coordination, and family-centered services.…

Study provides a description of the kinds of situations school psychology practitioners find ethically challenging. Frequencies of various kinds of dilemmas are reported along with illustrative incidents. Most incidents described by respondents concerned difficult situations rather than violations of professional codes of ethics. Implications for…

Although anxiety disorders represent the primary reason children and adolescents are referred for mental health services, children showing symptoms of these disorders are not easily recognized. School-based practitioners are in a unique position to help minimize the risk and prevent the development of anxiety disorders. This article examines the…

Current prereferral intervention team (PIT) regulations, prevalence, membership, goals, and intervention information from two national telephone surveys are reported. Survey 1 obtained information about state PIT regulations and recommendations from employees of the 51 state education departments (50 states and Washington, DC). Survey 2 obtained…