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Why Psychologists Need to Base Treatment Recommendations on Scientific Evidence : Methodologies for Intervening with Disruptive Adolescents.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (237 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773430204
  • 0773430202
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why Psychologists Need to Base Treatment Recommendations on Scientific Evidence : Methodologies for Intervening with Disruptive Adolescents.DDC classification:
  • 373.17/13 373.1713
LOC classification:
  • LB1027.55 .F59 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
WHY PSYCHOLOGISTS NEED TO BASE TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE: Methodologies for Intervening with Disruptive Adolescents; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 -- Introduction: Using the Evidence Base to Improve Practice and Policy; Chapter 2 -- Finding the Evidence Base: A Review of the Literature; Chapter 3 -- A Meta-Analysis and Best-Evidence Synthesis of Interventions; Chapter 4 -- Use of the Evidence Base in a Public School System: A Survey of School Psychologists.
Chapter 5 -- Successfully Developing Independence: Self-management and Self-Monitoring InterventionsChapter 6 -- Bridging the Gap: Evidence-based and Non-Evidence Based interventions; Chapter 7 -- Our Answers to the Research Questions; Chapter 8 -- Implementing Interventions for Disruptive Adolescents: The Role of the Educational/School Psychologist and Other Professionals; Chapter 9 -- Implications for Researchers: The Way Forward; Chapter 10 -- Implications for Practitioners and Policy Makers: A Blueprint to Improve Service Delivery; Appendices; Appendix 4.1: Survey questionnaire.
Appendix 5.1: Functional Behavioural Assessment ReportAppendix 6.1: Psychiatric Assessment; Bibliography; Subject Index; Author Index.
Summary: This book describes research that sought to clarify if the professional practice of educational/school psychologists is evidence-based when recommending interventions for disruptive adolescents who are diagnosed as seriously emotionally disturbed. Two lines of investigation were employed. First, a literature search using three distinct methodologies - a systematic literature review, a meta-analysis of studies and a best evidence synthesis. Second, a survey of a large sample of school psychologists. All aspects of the literature search confirmed that the current research on effective treatments.
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WHY PSYCHOLOGISTS NEED TO BASE TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE: Methodologies for Intervening with Disruptive Adolescents; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 -- Introduction: Using the Evidence Base to Improve Practice and Policy; Chapter 2 -- Finding the Evidence Base: A Review of the Literature; Chapter 3 -- A Meta-Analysis and Best-Evidence Synthesis of Interventions; Chapter 4 -- Use of the Evidence Base in a Public School System: A Survey of School Psychologists.

Chapter 5 -- Successfully Developing Independence: Self-management and Self-Monitoring InterventionsChapter 6 -- Bridging the Gap: Evidence-based and Non-Evidence Based interventions; Chapter 7 -- Our Answers to the Research Questions; Chapter 8 -- Implementing Interventions for Disruptive Adolescents: The Role of the Educational/School Psychologist and Other Professionals; Chapter 9 -- Implications for Researchers: The Way Forward; Chapter 10 -- Implications for Practitioners and Policy Makers: A Blueprint to Improve Service Delivery; Appendices; Appendix 4.1: Survey questionnaire.

Appendix 5.1: Functional Behavioural Assessment ReportAppendix 6.1: Psychiatric Assessment; Bibliography; Subject Index; Author Index.

This book describes research that sought to clarify if the professional practice of educational/school psychologists is evidence-based when recommending interventions for disruptive adolescents who are diagnosed as seriously emotionally disturbed. Two lines of investigation were employed. First, a literature search using three distinct methodologies - a systematic literature review, a meta-analysis of studies and a best evidence synthesis. Second, a survey of a large sample of school psychologists. All aspects of the literature search confirmed that the current research on effective treatments.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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