The Lessons of Meta-Analysis: Does Group Counseling with Children and Adolescents Make a Difference?

Carey and Dimmitt present a brief overview and analysis of the article, Evaluating the effectiveness of child and adolescent group treatment: A meta-analytic review, originally published in Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. The authors present a summary of the key components of the article including the introduction, method and results of the study. They offer an additional analysis of implications for future practice, including a discussion of the positive outcomes that result from group counseling, both in clinical and school settings

The Current Status of School Counseling Outcome Research

Wendy McGannon has taken the lead in developing a review and analysis of The Current Status of School Counseling Outcome Research. Some basic information related to the NCLB mandates are reviewed in terms of how they impact the school counseling profession and counselor accountability. Types of research are described and a distinction is made between research and evaluation. Additionally, this paper includes a discussion of evidence-based practice and an explanation of how all of these topics are relevant to school counselors and school counseling programs at this time. This includes a brief history of the school counseling movement from the mental health model to Comprehensive Developmental Guidance, and then to the American School Counseling Association’s (ASCA) National Model and data-driven decision-making

Higher bundle gerbes and cohomology classes in gauge theories

The notion of a higher bundle gerbe is introduced to give a geometric realization of the higher degree integral cohomology of certain manifolds. We consider examples using the infinite dimensional spaces arising in gauge theories.Comment: 16 pages, LaTe

Cinema’s Scarlet Letters: the MPAA Rating System and Film Education in the Christian University

Christian film educators face challenges in instruction when a film’s Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rating falls outside their institution’s acceptable range. The origin of the system and the meaning of each rating are explained. Policies of comparable evangelical institutions regarding student film viewing are detailed. The resultant difficulties in film education are examined. Arguments for and against inclusion of R-rated films in the curriculum are considered. Recommendations are made for future courses

Municipal Health Plans: Gilded Benefits From a Bygone Era

Compares the premiums, deductibles, and co-pays for office visits, prescription drugs, high-tech imaging, outpatient surgery, and hospital admissions of fourteen municipalities' employee health plans with those of other public and private plans

College Rankings Reformed: The Case for a New Order in Higher Education

Every year, students and parents eagerly scour the new college rankings. But those rankings may be misleading them about the "best" colleges and universities. New data and technology offer an opportunity to really measure how well colleges and universities are preparing their undergraduate students

Evidence-Based Social Anxiety Intervention

Carey Dimmitt provides a brief overview of the article, Can School Counselors Deliver Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Social Anxiety Effectively? A Randomized Controlled Trial, which can be found in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. The author provides overviews of the introduction, method, results, limitations and implications for practice based on the articles discussion of interventions to treat social anxiety within the school

Ron Carey Responds

[Excerpt] A New Labor Movement in the Shell of the Old? hits the nail on the head when it says that any hope of reviving the labor movement depends on change at the grassroots, not just in Washington, D.C. In the past five years, we in the Teamsters union have been facing the same challenge that now confronts the AFL-CIO: how to turn the labor bureaucracy into a labor movement again. The reforms we are making—while far from complete—confirm Brecher and Costello\u27s argument that rankand- file involvement and new community coalitions are key to rebuilding labor\u27s strength