Judging the effectiveness of a consultation program to a community agency

Ps, Stephenson

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“…Without question, research in this area is difficult to do, as Barry (1970), Caplan (1970), Medway (1982), andStephenson (1973) attest. In addition, given that consultation is a broad and complex field, it is difficult to identify prescriptions for research.…”

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Research in school consultation: A content analysis of selected journals.

Alpert¹,

Yammer²

1983

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Research in school consultation: A content analysis of selected journals.

Alpert¹,

Yammer²

1983

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…Only a handful of studies have demonstrated the spread of effect (Meyers, Friedman, & Gaughn, 1975;Schmuck, 1968;Taylor & Hoedt, 1974), and even fewer studies describe the outcomes of preventive consultation (Broskowski, 1973;Stephenson, 1973).…”

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“…Finally, the consultants involved in preventive services are often unskilled in contemporary research design techniques. Caplan(1970), a foremost authority on consultation, demonstrated almost mythical ideas about what might be necessary to establish an adequate research design to assess consultation effectiveness, andStephenson (1973) had to choose criteria to compare different years of service after the service had already been achieved. However, her post hoc analysis should help others to build criteria for future studies.at FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIV on July 1, 2015 gom.sagepub.com Downloaded from…”

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Principal-Centered Preventive Consultation

Carr¹

1976

Group & Organization Studies

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Although consultation models have expanded, research demonstrating the effectiveness of consultation has lagged far behind, thus limiting the acceptance of consultation as an accountable method of intervention in schools. This study, which has implications for all "internals," presents a preventive consultation framework and demonstrates its effectiveness in working with school principals to change the climate of staff meetings.Undoubtedly, Sherlock Holmes is the best known of all modern consultants, and certainly he was the first person to apply the term &dquo;consulting&dquo; to his behavioral-science work. Holmes did his best to demystify the consultation process, to make it elementary to his biographer, Dr. Watson. With his advanced skills in nonverbal behavior, active listening, and experience clarification, Holmes developed the deductive process that he used successfully with a wide variety of clients. His well-documented interventions demonstrated clear results.Since Holmes's time the models of consultation have expanded few studies exist that document the processes and demonstrate the effectiveness of consultation.The purposes of this article are (a) to describe a model of consultation useful in school systems or for other organizations, (b) to present a conception of schools as a psychological context, and (c) to demonstrate a research design that assesses the effectiveness of consultation in an internal setting (an elementary school, in this case).

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“…Many authors emphasize that working as a consultant is much more difficult, challenging and anxiety-provoking than the 'safe haven' provided by the private practice model, particularly if the latter excludes the psychotic and adolescent populations. There is some feeling that consultation with schools is a particularly difficult area of involvement (6) and to date, all models and programs have proved awkward to evaluate (15).…”

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