Numerous group interventions have been shown to be effective for helping K-8 students who are struggling with--or at risk for--a wide range of mental health and behavior problems. This unique book gives school practitioners indispensable tools for making any evidence-based group intervention more successful. It addresses the real-world implementation challenges that many manuals overlook, such as how to engage children and parents and sustain their participation, manage behavior in groups, and troubleshoot crisis situations. User-friendly features include case examples, reflection questions, role-play scenarios, and 31 reproducible forms and handouts; the print book has a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by T. Chris Riley-Tillman.

Natalie Rathvon appears as sole author on first (1999) and second (2008) editions' title pages.

Tapping into the therapeutic potential of groups, this volume presents the theory and practice of cognitive-oriented group-centered counseling – combining intrinsic motivation, efficacy retraining, and targeted play therapy and social role-playing – that can be implemented to help children build core social skills and emotional regulation to complement their classroom instruction. In addition to providing a complete framework for developing, facilitating, and evaluating group interventions with children in their natural learning environments, this book offers observational exercises to assist readers in gaining a deeper understanding of group interventions.

Large Group Interventions presents a comprehensive overview of twelve of the most powerful methods of large group interventions in use today. This comprehensive guide describes the methods' origins, explores their differences and similarities, and presents vivid examples and case studies of each intervention method in action. Bring together as many as two thousand employees and customers in one location for activities as diverse as creating future direction, restructuring the organization, solving problems, and generating new ideas. Large Group Interventions covers: **A brief history of large group interventions **The search conference **Real-time strategic change **Participative design **Large group dynamics Large Group Interventions is the first and only book to present and compare different large group intervention methods and describe the situations and conditions under which each might be used.

Machine generated contents note: I. Fundamentals 1. Introduction to Intervention Implementation 2. Overview of Implementation Support and Evaluation within a Problem-Solving Model II. Evaluation of Intervention Fidelity and Learner Outcomes 3. Intervention Fidelity Data Collection 4. Data-Based Decision Making: Considering Intervention Fidelity and Learner Outcomes Data III. Implementation Support Strategies 5. Implementation Planning 6. Direct Training 7. Participant Modeling and Role Play 8. Self-Monitoring 9. Motivational Interviewing 10. Performance Feedback IV. Putting It All Together 11. Managing Implementation Supports to Improve Student Achievement, with Ashley M. Boyle.

Introduction to design and analysis for educational intervention -- The nuts and bolts of single-case design -- The classic A-B-A-B design -- Complex single-case designs -- Visual analysis and interpretation strategies for single-case design -- Advanced empirical analyses of single-case data in practice and research -- Brief experimental analysis -- Single-case design for research purposes -- A response-to-intervention model incorporating experimental design.

Accessibly written and specifically designed for secondary schools, Implementing Systematic Interventions provides you with the tools you need to successfully organize for and smoothly implement schoolwide intervention strategies. Discover how to: • Organize administrative support and leadership teams; • Create effective communication techniques and protocols; • Use effective models to select school-specific priorities; • Support staff and students during the transition; • Identify desired outcomes and assess whether or not they've been achieved. Featuring supplemental online resources, this essential guide helps your team avoid common mistakes, identify clear goals, and implement successful interventions to help every student succeed.