1st Edition

Implementation of Prevention Programs A Special Issue of the journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation

    This is Volume 11, Issue 1 2000 of 'Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation' and this special issue journal looks at the implementation of prevention programs. This special issue represents several years of joint efforts between the Collaborative to Advance Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) of the American Psychological Association. It includes articles on: supporting prevention as an integral aspect of school improvement; discussion of a theory of change approach; issues related to program diffusion that those working in rural communities face; problems that may be associated with full-service schools and integrated service delivery systems; ideas that can guide consultants in implementing programs in partnership with other stakeholders. and concludes with an article of implementing, and evaluating prevention programs.

    Volume 11, Number 1, 2000
    Contents: J.E. Zins,
    Editor's Comments. R.P. Weissberg, The Role of the Colaborative for Advancing Social and Emotional Learning in the Implementation of Prevention Programs. H.S. Adelman, L. Taylor, Moving Prevention for the Fringes into the Fabric of School Improvement. J.P. Connell, A.M. Klem, You Can Get There from Here: Using a Theory of Change Approach to Plan Urban Education Reform. L. Kramer, G. Laumann, L. Brunson, Implementation and Diffusion of the Rainbows Program in Rural Communities: Implications for School-based Prevention Programs. T.J. McMahon, N.L. Ward, M.K. Pruett, L. Davidson, E.E.H. Griffin, Building Full-Service Schools: Lessons Learned in the Development of Interagency Collaboratives. G. Nelson, J.L. Amio, I. Prilleltensky, P. Nichels, Partnerships for Implementing and Evaluating Community Prevention Programs. D.T. Diebold, G. Miller, L.K. Gensheimer, E. Mondschein, H. Ohmart, Building an Intervation: A Theoretical and Practical Infrastructure for Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating a Metropolitan-Wide School-to-Career Initiative.

    Biography

    Joseph E. Zins, Maurice J. Elias, Mark T. Greenberg, Marsha Kline Pruett