School-Based Prevention for Children at Risk: The Primary Mental Health Project - Softcover

Hightower, Dirk A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557983747 ISBN 13: 9781557983749

Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn, 1996

Synopsis

The Primary Mental Health Project (PMHP) is an innovative, school-based program aimed at preventing school adjustment problems in young children. School-Based Prevention for Children at Risk traces the evolution of PMHP over its 40-year history and explains, in concrete, user-friendly language, how to establish, maintain, and evaluate such a program. The book consists of two parts. The first traces PMHP's development and explains the current operation of the program. The second describes a range of dissemination activities and four newer primary prevention programs designed to promote wellness before signs of maladjustment appear. These four programs focus on social problem solving, helping children deal with the negative effects of divorce, cooperative peer learning, and enhancement of resilience. A final chapter considers PMHP's accomplishments to date and what they suggest for future school mental health programming. This book appeals to a broad audience of psychologists, educators, and school mental health professionals and administrators.

About this title

About the Author:

Emory L. Cowen, PhD, is professor of psychology and director of the University of Rochester Center for Community Study.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1557983747
• ISBN 13: 9781557983749
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Cowen Emory L.