Darwin Dorr

Selection of nonprofessional child aides for a school mental health project

School mental health professionals showed substantial agreement in their interview judgments of the personal characteristics of women applying for positions as child aides in a program for primary graders evidencing school maladjustment problems. The 56 selected women were rated significantly higher than the 39 women who were turned down on all 18 judged interview characteristics. Factor analysis suggested that specific item discriminations were probably due to an overall “liking” factor that raters applied in their judgments of particular attributes.

Utilization of a nonprofessional child-aide school mental health program☆

Abstract Fifty-five women were given focused, time-limited training for work as child-aides with ineffectively functioning primary grade school children. During the first three-month program period, aides saw 329 children, 9% of the primary grade enrollment of the participating schools, for more than 7,500 contacts. This paper considers differential patterns of program utilization and the overall potential of the helping model for bringing needed services to otherwise unreached, maladapting school children.

Teachers' Perception of a School Mental Health Project.

Abstract Teachers from 11 participating schools evaluated a new, preventively oriented school mental health program on four, 7-point rating scales reflecting both communication flow and judged program effectiveness. Overall, expressed attitudes were positive, more so in settings which had more assigned mental health professional time.

Item reabilities, means, standard deviations and ts for accepted and rejected candidates

Whittaker, James K. and Trieschman, Albert E. (Eds.), Children Away From Home: A Sourcebook of Residential Treatment. Chicago: Aldine-Atherton, 1972. Pp. xiii + 438.

The AML: A quick-screening device for early identification of school maladaptation

12.95 Wortis, Joseph, M.D. (Ed.), Mental Retardation (Vol. IV). New York: Grune & Stratton, ix + 243.

Follow-up Study of Maladapting School Children Seen By Nonprofessionals.

15.75 Wortis, Joseph, M.D. (Ed.), Mental Retardation (Vol. IV. New York: Grune & Stratton, 1972. Pp. xii + 234.

The primary mental health project: A new way to conceptualize and deliver school mental health service

15.75 Zuk, Gerald H. Family Therapy: A Triadic-Based Approach. New York: Behavioral Publications, 1972. Pp. viii + 289.

Evaluation of A Preventively Oriented, School Based Mental Health Program.

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