Discusses difficult legal, ethical, and professional issues confronting psychologists who work with people with dual diagnoses. Outlines applicable constitutional principles in context of discussing right to institutional services and to refuse treatment, describes statutes that go beyond constitutional protections, and highlights issues that…

Sources of contributions to this journal were examined for volumes 57-71. Purposes were to: (1) identify the primary institutional sources of articles; (2) identify the primary individual contributors; (3) identify and compare the program affiliations of individual contributors by editor; (4) investigate relative contributions of psychologists…

Describes the development of an undergraduate training course in gifted education at the University of Brasilia, Brazil. The course objectives were to acquaint students with the needs of gifted children, to help students critically analyze current gifted practices, and to train school psychologists to implement a creative training program.…

Teaching should be honored as teaching and not as scholarship. Instead of redefining scholarship to include teaching, the task force has redefined teaching as scholarship in the generally accepted, "publish-or-perish" sense. (Author/SLD)

The field of early childhood education has undergone several changes over the years. Current issues concerning assessment-intervention programs for kindergarten and first grade children are examined. The future state of the field and how it will impact the role of the school psychologist are discussed. (Author)

Discusses the role of the school psychologist as a consultant in the evaluation and restructuring of effective student discipline procedures and as a provider of direct intervention services to high-risk youth. Urges school psychologists to bring a prevention focus and their insight into the principles of learning and development to the design of…

Proposes that a more effective means of student violence prevention involves helping children become more responsible members of families, schools, and neighborhoods. School counselors and school psychologists have an important leadership role in helping reduce violence by promoting the moral dimensions of education, including the development of…

Questions concerning school psychology services for children of diverse ethnic groups have related to problem identification, acceptability of interventions, the efficacy of special programs and interventions and the preparation of professionals to deal with multicultural and cross-cultural practice. Reviews models of ethnic validity and examines…

Investigated performance of 166 special education students (6 to 16 years) who had taken the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and later the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC-III). Results indicated a significant, positive correlation among global scales (p<.001). Findings suggest WISC-R and WISC-III…

Presents the text of the American Psychological Association's Statement on the Disclosure of Test Data. Areas addressed by the statement include access to data; informing the test's taker of the purpose, use, and results; data dissemination; copyright interests; conforming to regulatory statutes and mandates; and the role of psychologists in…

Presents three studies of the acceptability of an extended organizational consultation project featuring collaborative, qualitative research methods as consultation tools, and focuses on facilitating the development of one school district's Prereferral Intervention Teams. Results suggest that consultation methods were highly acceptable to team…

This article discusses the history, methodology, and assessment of giftedness by Russian psychologists from the 1920s through the present. The review indicates that because of the ban on psychometric testing, a powerful theoretical tradition emerged and continues and that Russia tends to a multifaceted definition of giftedness. (Contains extensive…

This article reports on a British study that examined the connotations of several special education labels (abnormality, deficit, impairment, disability, learning difficulties, and special educational needs) to experienced teachers, trainee teachers, and trainee educational psychologists (total N=220). All three groups rated "special…

School social workers, school psychologists, and school counselors were surveyed. They reported the actual proportion of their professional time that they devoted and would ideally dedicate to each of 21 professional roles. They rated the appropriateness of each role for members of the three professions and indicated how often they felt…

The findings of earlier studies are reviewed and results of analyses of recent data are reported in presenting an overview of the current and possible future status of school psychology in the United States. Recognizing that legislation could have major, but as yet unclear, implications for the field, projections suggest that school psychology is…