Discusses the process of conceptualizing and planning psychoeducational groups, particularly the difficulty of determining the appropriate order or sequence of group session topics and structured exercises. Provides a specific model for group counselors to follow for conceptualizing and developing all types of psychoeducational groups. (Contains…

Education of mentally handicapped children involves developing specialist teaching methods, assessment instruments, and curricular objectives. The need for staff to use behavior modification techniques has shifted the emphasis from child training to staff training techniques. Pedagogic devices used to train staff may reflect the behavioral model…

Discusses design and use of a model curriculum for latency-aged children in schools located in communities where drug use is pervasive. Results show that children affected by family drug use have workable strategies and skills for coping with aversive environments. Responsiveness of group participants to structure, predictability, and affirmation…

In this study, we investigated the state of preservice consultation training and supervision in school psychology programs. Consultation trainers or supervisors in school psychology programs were surveyed to determine how they prepared students for working as consultants. Specifically addressed were the theoretical models or formats of…

This volume of readings is a basic survey of issues and perspectives concerning the nature of teaching. Part one is composed of four articles containing perspectives on the need for educational theory. Two of the authors contend that educational theories emerge from education, while the other two authors are more positive in their conception of…

The Diagnosis Intervention Class Model, its implications for disadvantaged" school populations, and the results of implementing a variation of this model in an elementary school setting are presented and discussed. (Author)

Proposes a psychoeducational model of intervention for use with drug abusers. Claims that the model may be particularly helpful during the early stages of intervention in reducing resistance to change since it addresses the eight thinking styles believed to shield the drug "lifestyle" from forces that would otherwise lead to change. (RJM)

Outlines potential developmental concerns of intercollegiate athletes. Suggests a psychoeducational programming model and discusses implementation and evaluation considerations of such a model. (Author/NB)

Presents conceptual model for understanding nature, timing, synchronicity, and impact of developmental stressors and their implications for adolescent mental health trajectories. Discusses design of psychoeducational program based on model and presents preliminary results from longitudinal study of short- and long-term effectiveness of program in…

This article reviews the psychoeducational, behavioral, and ecological models underlying educational services to students with behavior disorders. Models are compared for their explanatory nature, implications for intervention, and how they address the scientific approach to behavior disorders. (DB)

Addresses family's experience of caring for mentally ill family member at home. Proposes model of intervention that allows therapists and families to examine content and context of psychotic material and to intervene in nonthreatening ways. Proposed model is based on psychoeducation and communications theory. Develops effectiveness of content and…

The paper traces the origins of the definitions of autism, notes controversies over its etiology, and discusses the wide variety of intervention approaches used. Psychoeducational approaches, such as play therapy and B. Bettelheim's psychoanalytic approach, are described and criticized in terms of premises and the anecdotal nature of evaluation…

TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC MECHANISMS THROUGH WHICH TRANSFER OCCURS, THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED TRANSFER RESULTING FROM THE LEARNING OF A SPECIFIC RULE OR PROCESSING FORMULA. PREVIOUS RESEARCH WAS COMBINED INTO A TENTATIVE THEORY OF TRANSFER WHICH WAS TESTED AND ASSESSED BY FOCUSING ON BOTH TRIALS-TO-CRITERION AND VERBAL REPORTS AS MEASURES OF…

An overview of the historical development of educational therapy as a treatment model for individuals with exceptional needs is presented, and two major disciplines--the psychoeducational model and the mental health approach--are critiqued. A more comprehensive model of education is proposed. (Author/CL)