The School Services Sourcebook A Guide for School-Based Professionals

by Franklin, Cynthia; Harris, Mary Beth; Allen-Meares, Paula

• ISBN13: 9780195175233
• ISBN10: 0195175239
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This comprehensive sourcebook covers every aspect of school service delivery, arming practitioners with the nuts and bolts of evidence-based practice. Each of the 114 chapters serves as a detailed intervention map, beginning with a summary of the problem area and moving directly intostep-by-step instructions on how to implement an evidence-based program with distinct goals in mind and methods to measure the outcome. School-based professionals in need of ready access to information on mental health disorders, developmental disabilities, health promotion, child abuse, dropoutprevention, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, group work, family interventions, culturally competent practice, policy, ethics, legal issues, community involvement, accountability, and funding can now find high-quality and easy-to-implement strategies at their fintertips. A concise, user-friendly format orients readers to each issue with a Getting Started section, then moves smoothly into What We Know, What We Can Do, Tools and Practice Examples, and Points to Remember. Quick-reference tables and charts highlight the most important information needed for dailyreference, and lists of further reading and Web resources guide readers in gathering additional information to tailor their practice to suit their students' needs. Each chapter has been specifically crafted by leaders in their fields with the ultimate goal of giving school-based practitioners thetools they need to deliver the best mental health and social services possible to students, families, and communities. This is a must-have reference for all school-based social workers, psychologists, counselors, mental health professionals, and educators.

Author Biography

Cynthia Franklin, Ph.D., is Professor and Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, where she is Coordinator of the clinical concentration. Dr. Franklin is an internationally known leader in school social work and school mental health practice and has published widely on topics such as dropout prevention, clinical assessment, the effectiveness of solution-focused therapy in school settings, and adolescent pregnancy prevention. She served as the past Editor-in-Chief of The National Association of Social Workers' journal Children in Schools. She is co-principal investigator of a solution-focused, alternative high school project for dropout prevention funded by The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.
Mary Beth Harris, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Central Florida. As a social work practitioner in the U.S.-Mexico border region for twenty years before entering social work education, she brings a bicultural perspective to her work. Her research and writing continue to reflect a strong bond with Mexican culture and with the needs and concerns of Hispanic populations. Dr. Harris teaches across the social work practice curriculum. Much of her research and writing centers on school social work. Her current clinical research is on Taking Charge, a school-based life skills intervention that she developed for adolescent mothers, promoting high school graduation and financial self-sufficiency.
Paula Allen-Meares, Ph.D., is Dean, Norma Radin Collegiate Professor of Social Work, and Professor of Education at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include the tasks and functions of social workers employed in educational settings; psychopathology in children, adolescents, and families; adolescent sexuality; premature parenthood; and various aspects of social work practice. She is the principal investigator of the School's Global Program on Youth, an initiative supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation; co-principal investigator of the NIMH Social Work Research Center on Poverty, Risk, and Mental Health; and a co-investigator on an NIMH research grant.

Table of Contents

Best Direct Practice Interventions with Student Populations

Effective Interventions and Resources for Working with Students with Mental Health Diagnosis

School-Based, Adolescent Suicidality: Lethality Assessments and Crisis Intervention Protocols

Psychopharmacological Treatment for Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders, Kia Bentley

Effective Interventions for Students with Conduct Disorder

Effective Interventions for Students with ADHD

Effective Interventions with Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Effective Interventions for Students with Separation Anxiety Disorder

Effective Interventions for Students with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Effective Interventions for Adolescents with Depression

Effect Interventions for Students with Bipolar Disorder

Effective Interventions for Students with Eating Disorder

Effective Interventions for Students with Schizophroenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Effective Interventions for Students with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

Effective Strategies for Working with Students who have Co-occuring Disorders

Understanding the Use of Mental Health Classifications and DSM IV-TR in Schools

Working with Parents Regarding Their Children's Mental Disorders: Engagement

Effective Interventions and Resources for Working with Students with Developmental Disabilities

Working with Students with Mental Retardation who Exhibit Severe Challenging Behavior

Improving Educational and Behavioral Performance of Students with Learning Disabilities

Effective Classroom Interventions for Students with Physical Disabilities

What Does the Research Evidence Say About Inclusion Practices?

Building Successful Alliances with Health Care Professionals

Promoting Health and Well-Being: Effective Interventions and Resources

Substance Abuse Prevention: Effective School-Based Programs

Substance Abuse at Elementary Age: Effective Interventions

Screening Substance Use/Abuse of Middle and High School Students

Effective HIV Prevention in Schools

Effective STD Prevention

Effective Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Self-Mutilation

Integrative, Solution-Oriented Approaches with Self-Harming Adolescents

Primary Prevention of Pregnancy: Effective School-Based Programs

Best School-Based Practices with Adolescent Parents

Effective Management of Obesity for School Children

Best Practices and Resources for Intervening with Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse and Out of Home Placement in a School Setting

Identifying Child Abuse or Neglect Strategies in a School Setting

Laws and Procedures for Reporting Child Abuse: An Overview

Helping Students Who Have Been

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