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Borba, Michele – Free Spirit Publishing, 2018
Based on a practical, six-part framework for reducing peer cruelty and increasing positive behavior support, "End Peer Cruelty, Build Empathy" utilizes the strongest pieces of best practices and current research for ways to stop bullying. The book includes guidelines for implementing strategies, collecting data, training staff,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Peer Relationship, Empathy, Intervention
McWilliam, R. A., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
This user-friendly book presents research-based best practices for serving families of children with special needs from birth to age 6. Expert contributors demonstrate how early intervention and early childhood special education can effectively address a wide range of family concerns, which in turn optimizes children's development and learning.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Social Development
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Landreth, Garry L.; Ray, Dee C.; Bratton, Sue C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
Because the child's world is a world of action and activity, play therapy provides the psychologist in elementary-school settings with an opportunity to enter the child's world. In the play therapy relationship, toys are like the child's words and play is the child's language. Therefore, children play out their problems, experiences, concerns, and…
Descriptors: Play, School Psychologists, Effect Size, Therapy
Lapan, Richard T. – National Career Development Association, 2008
The teen years are an excellent time to start thinking about a potential career and to investigate all of the different opportunities available. Motivating adolescents to become actively engaged in their own career development is not always easy, but this book makes it fun. Written for parents, school counselors, and counselors in private practice…
Descriptors: Career Development, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Motivation Techniques
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Carr, Alan – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2006
This paper is a commentary of the special series on involving fathers in psychological services for children. The following themes are addressed: the effects of fathers on child development; benefits of father involvement in child psychology services; obstacles to father involvement; engaging fathers; specific interventions for fathers; and…
Descriptors: Psychological Services, Child Psychology, Fathers, Child Development
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Silverman, Wendy K.; Pina, Armando A.; Viswesvaran, Chockalingam – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
The article reviews psychosocial treatments for phobic and anxiety disorders in youth. Using criteria from Nathan and Gorman (2002), 32 studies are evaluated along a continuum of methodological rigor. In addition, the treatments evaluated in each of the 32 studies are classified according to Chambless et al.'s (1996) and Chambless and Hollon's…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Behavior Modification, Criteria, Parent Child Relationship
McConaughy, Stephanie H.; Kay, Pam; Welkowitz, Julie A.; Hewitt, Kim; Fitzgerald, Martha D. – Guilford Publications, 2007
The Achieving-Behaving-Caring (ABC) Program is an evidence-based approach to addressing the needs of elementary students at risk for emotional and behavioral difficulties and promoting successful home-school collaboration. This practical guide demonstrates how classroom teachers and parents can work together to boost individual children's…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Parent Participation, Action Research, Parent School Relationship
Shoemaker, Sally B. – 1986
This paper addresses the problem of secondary school students who have difficulties in making early educational decisions which influence their college plans. The need to teach the vocabulary of college admissions to both parents and students, beginning in the elementary school, is emphasized. It is noted that the technical vocabulary of…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Preparation
Efird, Barbara M.; Wiggins, Barbara – 2000
Career planning is a developmental process. All populations can benefit from the career planning process of self-assessment, exploring career opportunities in the world of work, and learning assertive job-search strategies that produce results. This guide includes career-planning activities for employment counselors, case workers, and social…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Development, Career Planning
Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1996
This theme issue offers a collection of articles focusing on support groups for parents of infants and toddlers, including the following: (1) "Gaining Perspective on Parenting Groups" (Nick Carter and Cathie Harvey) which reviews the purposes, history, and essential ingredients of such groups; (2) "The MELD Experience with Parent Groups" (Joyce…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement
Vocational Equity Research, Training and Evaluation Center, Hartford, CT. – 1989
This guide is designed as an outline of strategies and activities that could be implemented to encourage students to enter nontraditional occupations. The information and ideas are intended for use by teachers, counselors, and administrators at all educational levels to promote equal and full participation of students in Connecticut's…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Females, Grade 8, Grade 9
Online Submission, 2006
This resource is a revision of the teaching resource Individualized Program Plans (1995), Book 3 (ED392232) in the Programming for Students with Special Needs series. It aims to create a bridge between the product, the process and the underlying vision of Individualized Program Planning (IPP). The Standards for Special Education (Amended June…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students, Program Development