Technology-Based Classroom Management
Shelley Kathleen Krach and Lori R. Kern
in Peers as Change Agents: A Guide to Implementing Peer-Mediated Interventions in Schools
Many recent studies incorporate technology into classroom management strategies. Technology-based interventions can be used to increase the engagement of students in schools because they ...
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Optimizing the use of Technology in Psychology with Best Practice Principles
Marlene M. Maheu, Joseph McMenamin, and Myron L. Pulier
in Psychologists' Desk Reference (3 ed.)
Chapter 134 details the use of technology in psychology with best practice principles and aims to educate and stimulate debate and research into ethical, legal, and professional issues for ...
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Technology Applications in Delivering Mental Health Services
Greg M. Reger
in Military Psychologists' Desk Reference
Military psychologists are increasingly seeking ways to improve Service Members’ access to resources, mitigate treatment stigma, and improve treatment outcomes. A range of technologies are ...
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Self-Management of Pain
Thomas Hadjistavropoulos
in Promoting Self-Management of Chronic Health Conditions: Theories and Practice
Most chronic pain sufferers are treated primarily with biocentric approaches (e.g., pharmacological therapy, surgery) that do not adequately address the often devastating physical, social, ...
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Charting the Course Ahead: Future Clinical and Research Directions in Mindfulness and Acceptance Therapies for Psychosis
Brandon A. Gaudiano
in Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions
This chapter summarizes the current state of affairs in mindfulness and acceptance therapies for psychosis. Initial research is promising and demonstrates safety and efficacy, but many ...
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Interacting with the Media
Lilli Friedland and Florence Kaslow
in Psychologists' Desk Reference (3 ed.)
Chapter 139 presents guidelines for interacting with the media, considering publicity by and about psychologists, on-air and print media psychology, and the use of newer technologies and ...
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Technology and Testing: Developments in Education, Work, and Health Care
Stephen Stark, Jaclyn Martin, and Oleksandr S. Chernyshenko
in The ITC International Handbook of Testing and Assessment
Advances in computer and mobile device technology are rapidly changing the landscape of testing. Paper-and-pencil tests have been phased out in many environments and have been replaced with ...
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Ecological Momentary Assessments in Psychosis: A Contextual Behavioral Approach to Studying Mindfulness and Acceptance
Roger Vilardaga, Michael McDonell, Emily Leickly, and Richard Ries
in Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions
The purpose of this chapter is to explore the role of assessment from a contextual behavioral science (CBS) perspective. We argue that a more contextual assessment of environmental and ...
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Ethical and Legal Aspects of the Practice of Teletherapy
Sara Smucker Barnwell and Linda F. Campbell
in Handbook of Private Practice: Keys to Success for Mental Health Practitioners
This chapter provides guidance to mental health practitioners using telecommunications technologies or teletherapy to deliver or augment mental health services. Practitioners using ...
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The Development of the Center for Forensic Behavioral Science: A Collaboration Between Forensicare and Swinburne University of Technology
James R. P. Ogloff
in University and Public Behavioral Health Organization Collaboration in Justice Contexts: Models for Success
This chapter describes a large collaborative project based in Melbourne, Australia, between a public agency providing forensic and correctional mental health services and a research and ...
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Ralf W. Schlosser, Jeff Sigafoos, Howard Shane, Rajinder Koul, and Parimala Raghavendra
in Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Recent Advances and Innovations in Assessment, Education, and Intervention
Many children and youth with ASD benefit from having their natural speech supplemented or replaced through augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. The purpose of this ...
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Internet Interventions
Gerhard Andersson
in Promoting Self-Management of Chronic Health Conditions: Theories and Practice
The Internet and modern information technology have had an immense impact on society and healthcare. This chapter describes how the Internet can be used to deliver evidence-based ...
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Hybrid Power
Jay C. Thomas
in Specialty Competencies in Organizational and Business Consulting Psychology
Chapter 1 discusses the history of organizational and business consulting psychology (OBCP), and how it is a hybrid specialty composed of multiple sets of traditions. It also covers ...
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Ethics Issues Regarding Supervision and Consultation in Private Practice
Rodney K. Goodyear, Carol A. Falender, and Tony Rousmaniere
in Handbook of Private Practice: Keys to Success for Mental Health Practitioners
This chapter describes key ethical challenges confronting mental health professionals who provide supervision and consultation in private practice settings. Essential features of ...
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Technology Considerations in Running a Private Practice
Ellen Belluomini
in Handbook of Private Practice: Keys to Success for Mental Health Practitioners
The tools of a private psychotherapy practice used to include just an office, furniture, clinical notes, and a file cabinet. Technological advances have added many digital options such as ...
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Trying Cases Visually: Understanding the Effective Use of Visual Communications in your Legal Practice
J. Ric Gass
in Ziskin's Coping with Psychiatric and Psychological Testimony (6 ed.)
This chapter explores understanding the effective use of visual communications in legal practice. It considers 'how', 'why', and 'what' should be communicated visually, eight dimensions of ...
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Current Trends in Treatment Research and Practice
Alan E. Kazdin
in Innovations in Psychosocial Interventions and Their Delivery: Leveraging Cutting-Edge Science to Improve the World's Mental Health
This chapter discusses current trends in psychosocial treatment research and clinical practice. The chapter highlights four active areas in which intervention research and practice are ...
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Working With the US Department of Veterans Affairs and Other Medical Personnel
Elisa J. Flynn and Suzy B. Gulliver
in Handbook of Psychosocial Interventions for Veterans and Service Members: A Guide for the Non-Military Mental Health Clinician
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) serves millions of veterans seeking mental health care. The most frequent mental health diagnoses in veterans receiving mental health treatment ...
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Evidence-Based Practice
Peter D. McLean and Sheila R. Woody
in Anxiety Disorders in Adults: An Evidence-Based Approach to Psychological Treatment
Chapter 1 discusses evidence-based practice, including recent developments in the scientist-practitioner movement (treatments that work, efficacy, treatment guidelines, and managed care), ...
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Alternative Education Settings
Puja G. Patel, Sasha D. Jaquez, and Thea L. Quinton
in Pediatric Health Conditions in Schools: A Clinician's Guide for Working with Children, Families, and Educators
For children with a chronic illness, a traditional academic path may not be possible due to increased absenteeism caused by hospitalizations, frequent doctor appointments, and symptoms of ...
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