School-Based Primary Prevention of Internalizing Disorders

This paper provides an overview of childhood internalizing disorders, including the symptomatology, prevalence rates, comorbidity of other psychopathologies, correlated factors, treatment, and prognosis. Previous research in the area of primary and secondary prevention of depression and anxiety is reviewed, and the need for school-based prevention programs discussed. Several curricular and comprehensive elementary-level programs that are currently available and supported by research are reviewed to highlight their efficacy, theoretical rationale, targeted risk factors, and implementation concerns. Conclusions and recommendations for implementation and future research are presented

Mentoring : effects of relationship formality, gender composition, and organisational distance on level of assistance : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University

The literature concerning the influences on career and psychosocial functions of mentoring are inconsistent concerning formality (formal vs. informal initiation of the mentoring relationship), inconsistent concerning gender composition of the dyad, non-existent concerning the effect of the mentor and protégé being in the same or different organisations, but consistent concerning the effect of supervisory status, namely that mentors who supervise their protégés provide more career assistance than non-supervisory mentors. In order to see if the level of career and/or psychosocial assistance was different depending on formality of the mentoring relationship, gender composition of the mentoring relationship, and organisational distance between the mentor and protégé, a 198-item questionnaire was sent to 954 senior and executive New Zealand business people. Twenty seven percent returned questionnaires reporting on developmental relationships either as a mentor, a protégé, or other relationships. No female mentors with male protégés were analysed because of their paucity. In the analysis of data from 115 mentors it was found that career assistance was rated as more important than psychosocial assistance in determining impact on a protégé's career. It was found that the overall level of career assistance was affected by (a) the gender composition of the mentoring relationship and (b) whether the mentor was in the same organisation as the protégé. The overall level of psychosocial assistance was affected by (a) the gender composition of the mentoring relationship. The level of career and psychosocial assistance was not affected by (a) whether the mentor was a protégé's supervisor or not, or (b) whether the relationship was formal or informal in its initiation. Results suggest that (a) both male and female protégés should select (b) male mentors from (c) the same organisation for maximal (d) career and (e) psychosocial assistance. That nine covariates were used can account for the discrepancy in results with previous studies. A hypothesis for Protégé Influence is formulated and found to be superior to previous hypotheses of Mentor Power and Mentor Risk in accounting for differences in career-and psychosocial-assistance behaviour of mentors

A Disabled Student? In My Classroom?

The Act, P.L. 94-142, The Education of All Handicapped Children, calls for education of exceptional children in the least restrictive environment, often the regular classroom. Integration of the disabled into the classroom ends the physical isolation, rejection, and segregation of the special classes era. But total integration of the non-disabled and the disabled cannot occur without increased educational attitudinal changes toward the disabled. These changes involve awareness by teachers and non-disabled peers of the unique needs and abilities of the disabled, acceptance of them, and abandonment of prejudicial ideas about the disabled

Portrayals of the Disabled in Books and Basals

A look at books where the disabled are stigmatized or stereotyped and where they are adequately represented

Using the differentiation between vocabulary and matrices scores on the K-BIT as predictors of parenting program outcomes.

This study examined whether the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT) Matrices subtest was more predictive than the K-BIT Vocabulary subtest of parenting program completion and whether select demographic variables, K-BIT subtest scores, parenting programs (PCIT or regular parenting class), and reported barriers to participation were predictive of parenting program outcomes (completion or noncompletion). Research participants consisted of 93 parents enrolled in community-based parenting classes. Results from a regression analysis indicated that the K-BIT Matrices subtest was not more predictive than the K-BIT Vocabulary subtest of parenting program completion. In addition, a discriminant analysis revealed that select demographic variables, parenting programs, and reported barriers to participation were not predictive of parenting program outcomes

Using Pecha Kucha to Enhance Your Presentations

Pecha Kucha is a simple presentation format where you show twenty images each for twenty seconds. The short time keeps the information flowing and engages the audience more effectively than a text-laden typical PowerPoint presentation

The Reading Specialist as an Agent of Change

The reading specialist and/ or the administrator-responsive to the concerns of content area teachers can alleviate, possibly eliminate, negative teacher reactions and, concomitantly, attain the desired goals by effecting three basic steps in the change model (Solomon, 1977). Through these steps, the reading specialist can bring innovative reading methods to the teaching of specific content

Facilitation : The Secret to Successful Meetings

Successful meetings are the result of careful planning and facilitation, not luck. Watson and Moore share proven techniques practiced at the University of Georgia School of Law Library to enhance meeting effectiveness

Development of an observational instrument for measuring role behavior in social work groups.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston Universit

The Four F’s of Facilitation: the Secret to Successful Meetings

Facilitating is about successfully guiding a group of people through the process of acting on the tasks that need to be addressed by the group. While facilitating a meeting is easier when you are leading it, even if you are just an attendee, you can still use these secrets of facilitation to improve the meetings you attend