Psychoeducational reports are the primary means for a school psychologist to communicate the results of an assessment. Although reports should be written in the most efficient and reader-friendly manner, this is not always the case. Additionally, problems in report writing have remained relatively consistent for several decades, despite…

Studies have shown that improved parenting mediates treatment outcomes for aggressive children, but we lack fine-grained descriptions of how parent-child interactions change with treatment. The current study addresses this gap by applying new dynamic systems methods to study parent-child emotional behavior patterns. These methods tap…

The development of a new psychoeducational facility is analyzed in light of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale by which some members of the organization described their collective experience. The argument is that researchers can perceive otherwise inaccessible operative dynamics by studying the symbols, tales, and legends used by organization members.…

The paper describes a model program for learning disabled children who do not qualify for special education placement. The model emphasizes thorough evaluation, frequent reevaluation, staff accountability, program flexibility, and recognition of the parents' role of the child's education. (Author/CL)

The University of Pittsburgh's Psychoeducational Clinic, designed to assist parents and teachers in understanding children and their problems so that effective and efficient intervention can be applied, is described. The clinic's decision making model for the clinical assessment of children with learning and behavior problems is discussed. (Author)

Preschool children (N=4) from a university-based school psychology clinic were studied to assess whether increases in compliance could be obtained in clinical settings by using only positive procedures such as effective instruction delivery and time-in. Both procedures alone achieved increases in compliance over baseline levels, and additional…

Children aged 7 to 14 years were administered a computerized version of the Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices test. Computer and traditional version performance was found to be similar in terms of total mean score, correlation with the WISC-R, Raven's subscale intercorrelations, and Raven's total mean score composition. (Author/RD)

The article describes the Learning Disabilities Clinic at Coney Island Hospital (New York) in which parents act as therapists for other learning disabled children and as cotherapists with their own children. (SBH)

Ninety-three parents and 102 adolescents were referred by juvenile court and treated for substance abuse and a co-morbid diagnosis of either oppositional defiant or conduct disorder using a parent education program over a six-week period. The goals of this study were to assess whether or not active parent involvement and the concurrent treatment…

The column examines five university based child development centers and/or child study clinics which work with handicapped children. (PHR)

Reviews case histories of girls sexually misused by their family members, maintaining that such incestuous relationships usually result in profound psychological impairment in the abused child. (CM)

This article summarizes presentations made at a training institute on clinical approaches to infants and their families. Topics included assessment techniques, intervention approaches, outcome studies, and treatment modalities. Emphasis was placed on integrating emotional, cognitive, and social lines of development. (DB)

Compared the quality of psychoeducational reports generated under two conditions. On the average, reports written with computer assistance were rated to be of higher quality than those prepred by hand. Staff time spent on report preparation was saved with computer assistance. (Author/ABB)

The purpose of this study was to determine any correlation between learning styles and performance in the academic and clinical course work of occupational therapy students at the Medical University of South Carolina. (Availability: RAM Associates LTD., P.O. Box N, Laurel, MD 20707) (SSH)

Evaluated the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) as a tool for understanding children's learning problems. Analyzed the predictive utility of several WISC-R subtest recategorizations with regard to academic achievement for 105 children referred for psychoeducational evaluation because of classroom learning problems. Stepwise…