35 research outputs found
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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
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Assessing the Relationship Between School Counseling and College Enrollment
A brief overview of the article, Creating College Opportunity: School Counselors and Their Influence on Postsecondary Enrollment, which can be found published in the journal Research in Higher Education. The author provides a summary of the key components of the article, outlining the introduction, method and results of the study. The research brief also includes sections of critical perspective and implications for practice, including a discussion on the increasing gap between high and low SES students and their access to college counseling
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Effective Counseling Interventions with Youth and Families: A Review of Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Carey Dimmitt provides a brief overview of the article Practitioner Review: The Effectiveness of Solution Focused Brief Therapy with Children and Families: A Systematic and Critical Evaluation of the Literature form 1990-2010, originally published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. The author offers a summary of the introduction, methods, results, limitations and implications of the study\u27s findings that SFBT is a promising modality to address youth in schools with mild internalizing/externalizing difficulties. However, more research to support these interventions must be done
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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
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Does a School-wide Intervention to Improve School Climate Have a Long-Term Effect on Middle School Student Behavior and Well-Being?
Lake and Dimmitt present a brief overview and analysis of the article, Promoting Social Inclusion in Schools: A Group-Randomized Trial of Effects on Student Health Risk Behavior and Well-Being, originally published in the American Journal of Public Health. 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 discussing how the Gatehouse Project intervention leads to positive outcomes for key student risk behaviors through improvements in school climate
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Interventions for Helping Students at Risk of Dropping Out of School
Dimmitt and Hatch present a brief overview and analysis of the article, A tutorial and counseling program: Helping students at risk of dropping out of school, originally published in Professional School Counseling. 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 benefits of combining both a drop out prevention program with group counseling to improve student self esteem and academic achievement
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An Evidence-Based Violence Prevention Curriculum for Elementary School Children
Poynton and Dimmitt present a brief overview and analysis of the article, Effectiveness of a violence prevention curriculum among children in elementary school: A randomized controlled trial, originally published in Journal of the American Medical Association. 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 difference in findings between the trained observers who found significant effects from the intervention, and the parents/teachers, who did not report significant effects
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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
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Does a group-based self-esteem enhancement program improve students’ self-esteem as they transition into middle school?
St. Germaine, Harrington, and Dimmitt present a brief overview and analysis of the article, Effects of a self-esteem intervention program on school-age children, originally published in Pediatric Nursing. 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 impacts of self-esteem programs during transitional periods for students
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Does Student Success Skills have an impact on school connectedness and self-regulation of inner-city, African-American elementary students?
Brief overview of the article, Connectedness and Self-Regulation as Constructs of the Student Success Skills Program in Inner-City African American Elementary School Students, originally published in the Journal of Counseling & Development. The authors include a summary of the key components of the original study, including the introduction, method, and results sections of the paper. In addition, they offer a critical perspective speaking to the limitations of the study and a section addressing implications for practice like the effects of school counseling interventions on academic achievement indicators