Despite the importance of suicide as a leading cause of death in the United States, there is a lack of empirical research regarding causes and associated factors. In order to explore an indirect research methodology which might have applicability to understanding children's suicide risk, 286 college students (173 females, 113 males) responded to…

A pioneering residential child care project in inner city Dublin began operations in July 1981. The project was designed to function as a resource for seriously deprived or at-risk children and their families. The community served is one characterized by exceptionally high unemployment, a 10 percent rate of heroin addiction among local 15- to…

This training module describes and defines the role of the behavioral consultant and strategies for time management, problem solving, providing teacher support, and establishing collaborative relationships within the school, between home and school, and between school and community. The first of three workshops addresses the role of the behavioral…

A post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) scale for the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) was developed using an outpatient sample consisting of 45 clients meeting criteria for the PTSD syndrome in accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-III), and an equal number of matched controls. The scale was derived empirically by…

Five papers describe clinical research completed by graduate students in speech-language pathology and audiology. The first study examines the linguistic input of three adults (a mother, teacher, and clinician) to a language impaired 8-year-old. The clinician's approach, less directive than that of the other two, facilitated spontaneous speech and…

The prevalence of dementias in the elderly is steadily increasing. While caring for a dementing patient at home, families are subject to tremendous physical stresses and emotional reactions such as guilt, anger, grief, role confusion, depression, resentment, and loneliness. Two group treatment models addressing the mental health needs of…

A seven-year project developing and testing cuento therapy, a form of child psychotherapy in which Puerto Rican mothers recount to their children folktales taken from Puerto Rican culture, is described and evaluated in this monograph. Chapter 1 explains how the research presented in later chapters fits into substantially broader patterns of…

A project set up to combine the treatment skills of a voluntary agency and the educational expertise of grade school teachers resulted in improved adjustment by acting-out, underachieving children. The demonstration sheds light on the essentials for away-from-school programs of this kind. (SDH)

The study attempted to develop predictors of severe psychopathology in early adulthood from behavioral descriptions provided in middle adolescence and early adulthood by parents of 24 males (first seen in middle adolescence). (Author)

Described are the initial visit of a parent to a special school to consider placement for her minimally brain injured adolescent son, attitudes of parents and special educators, and ways parents and special educators can facilitate placement. (MC)

A discussion having two stated purposes: (1) to compare older therapeutic approaches with innovative approaches currently being employed with children in residential treatment; and (2) to indicate ways in which new therapeutic roles have affected the training of psychology interns and the work of staff psychologists. (Author/JM)

Individualized instruction and token reinforcement were used to teach six institutionalized delinquent or mildly retarded adolescents attending a special community living, prevocational class to complete job application forms with the date, their name, signature, address, telephone number, date of birth, and a reference's name, address, and…

Demonstrated with 4 severely language deficient boys (7- to 11-years-old) was the feasibility of using operant principles in language therapy with a small group of behaviorally disturbed children to develop an imitative verbal repertoire. (LS)

Reported are the results of informal telephone interviews with staff members of four research and development centers serving handicapped children. (DB)