This article reviews the status and usefulness of career guidance approaches in schools. The concept that the child can be taught quite early to make correct career choices through the acquisition of generalized decision-making skills does not seem completely valid to the author. (NG)

This book presents groundbreaking strategies for psychotherapy with today's teens, for whom high-risk behavior, lack of adult guidance, and intense anxiety and stress increasingly come with the territory. Ron Taffel addresses the key challenge of building a therapeutic relationship that is strong enough to promote real behavioral and emotional…

The mental health care delivery system is undergoing a metamorphosis of unprecedented proportion as managed care covers more and more patients. This dramatic change has its critics (many mental health professionals) and its enthusiastics (the managed behavioral health care companies). Some of these issues are presented in this paper. There is…

Tables in this report present characteristics of professional staff employed in the Maryland public schools as of October 1998. The data were obtained from employment records provided by local education agencies and teacher certification records. Professional staff members include principals and assistant principals, teachers, librarians, guidance…

The emphasis of school psychology on prevention, early intervention, assessment, collaboration, and problem solving requires counselors to have a tremendous range of evidence-based knowledge. This publication, divided into two volumes, is designed to provide a comprehensive reference for school psychologists on contemporary research and…

This collection of resources is a response to the unprecedented crises for school children, staff, and communities in 1997-1998. It is based on and is an expansion of the November 1998 issue of "Communique," a book of handouts, and other National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) publications. This packet contains the applied…

This paper discusses the outcomes of a survey of 39 special education practitioners (including 24 school psychologists) and 280 elementary classroom teachers on the identification of students with reading disabilities. Practitioners were asked to rate five empirically valid and five clinical-traditional non-valid student traits for their…

Most school districts employ student support or "pupil services professionals," such as school psychologists, counselors, and social workers. These personnel perform services connected with mental health and psychosocial problems. The format usually is a combination of centrally based and school-based services. Amelioration of the full continuum…

Addresses the disproportionate representation of culturally and linguistically different children in special education classes. Proposes a three-tiered response model relating to the individual practitioner, the educational process, and a larger scaled systematic response to the issues. Effective practical suggestions are offered. (Author/JAC)

Rated personality and conduct problem behaviors by considering their significance in referring an elementary grade child for school psychological services. Results showed regular class teachers, special class teachers of the emotionally disturbed and school psychologists agreed on importance of behaviors. Conduct problems were prioritized by the…

Presents school psychology as a viable resource for service to special needs students in a postsecondary setting, including those in the community college system. Student, teacher, and administrator perceptions of educational needs are examined. Suggests that no one professional in the community college currently meets all the needs discussed.…

Explores the role of diagnostic practices in school psychology. Basic principles related to diagnostic typology and concepts of reliability and validity are reviewed in the context of recent diagnostic decision-making research. The intrusion and eventual reduction of particular errors of consistency and inconsistency in psychodiagnosis are…

Describes the emerging area of Organizational School Psychology (OSP) and the kinds of activities engaged in by practitioners. Factors relating to organizational readiness of schools for OSP are discussed. Practice of school psychology at the organizational level has potential to complement individual and group approaches. (JAC)

A sample of parents, school psychologists, and elementary school teachers viewed films of three different children and rated them using a 20-item Likert-type instrument. The hypothesis that perceived socioeconomic status and ethnic identification would differentially affect the three rater groups' attributions of positive and negative behavior was…

A survey of 859 school psychologists who indicated prior experience conducting bilingual psychoeducational assessment identified 36 factors used to comply with provisions in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act relating to assessing bilingual or limited-English-proficient students. Seventeen additional factors that were overlooked and…