A Navajo hogan is used as a metaphor for examining educational concerns of Leta Hollingworth (1886-1939). The six walls are concern for the individual, recognition of special abilities, objective observation, wit/humor, friendship, and vision. Space within the hogan reflects educational concerns with space, time, multiplicity of stimuli, language,…

Parents of highly gifted children are offered advice from the work of Leta Hollingworth (1886-1939) concerning helping the child accept his/her differences, reconcile opposites, and do no harm. Parents need to appreciate their own differences and support appropriate educational programs. (DB)

Investigated examiner errors on 46 protocols completed by certified and/or licensed clinical and school psychologists. Findings showed that nearly 83 percent of the protocols contained at least one error, about one-half containing errors that resulted in an incorrect Mental Processing Composite Global score and/or Achievement Global score.…

Conducted survey of state school psychological associations (N=46) (as follow-up to earlier survey of state psychological associations) to determine existence of client referral systems. Found that none of the state school psychological associations operated referral services and had only begun to consider them. Discussed school psychological…

Uses the construct of generalized expectancies for locus of control as a model of the importance of broad theory and training in theory construction and evaluation in psychology. Discusses the characteristics that contribute to the construct's heuristic value and also discusses problems with the criteria for the publication of psychological…

Attempts to use teacher evaluation methods to assess school psychologists' performance are counterproductive. Schools need instruments to evaluate clinical and general professional skills and to select appropriate evaluators. A sidebar outlines the basics of evaluating psychologists. (MLH)

Seventy-one school psychologists were surveyed concerning their knowledge base, training, and experience in the area of traumatic head injury. Results indicated that school psychologists have received little systematic training in the area of traumatic head injury and do not have broad-based information about this group of children. (Author/JDD)

Explains how resources of various settings located in one geographic area of North Carolina were linked in attempt to resolve educational problems. Uses concept of collegium as mechanism for working together to present assumptions governing these efforts. Discusses rationale for successes and failures, and offers suggestions about how such…

Emphasizes mutuality of science and practice, and discusses problems of better linkage between psychological science and professional practice. Discusses current status of scientist-practitioner model; argues for need to move beyond textbook accounts of scientific process; discusses war of words regarding nature of psychological science; and…

Citing the need for more research and research training in counselor training programs, this article presents the development of an interuniversity research team that addressed factors related to research productivity, as well as a preliminary evaluation of this innovative method of enhanced research training. (JPS)

Investigates the behavior and characteristics of effective consultants as perceived by a large sample of classroom teachers to determine their perceptions of the consultants' effectiveness, to compare the factor structure of the scale with previous research, and to investigate how the teachers' professional and demographic characteristics were…

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)