Problem-Solving Parent Conferences in Schools

Dennis J. Simon, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical and school psychologist with over three decades of experience within elementary and secondary schools. For 14 years, he was Director of NSSEO Timber Ridge Therapeutic Day School, a zero-reject public program serving the Chicago area. His career has centered on program development and psychological interventions for children and adolescents experiencing social, emotional, and behavioral disorders. His work has focused on the adaptation of evidence-based strategies to school-centered interventions. He is co-author of the Developmental, Ecological, Problem-solving clinical supervision model that supports training in evidence-based intervention practices. He has been Lecturer in School Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Teacher Education Programs at Loyola University of Chicago, USA.

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Family-School Partnerships as Educational Cornerstones

2. Effective Home-School Collaboration for Behavioral Problem-solving

3. The Ecological Perspective and Need for Multisystem Interventions

4. Family and Multisystem Intervention Strategies

5. Introduction to the Problem-solving Parent Conference Approach: Integrating Systemic and Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions

6. Problem-solving Parent Conferences: Stage 1 – Tone and Goal Setting

7. Problem-solving Parent-School Conferences: Stage 2 – Problem Assessment and Definition

8. Problem-solving Parent Conferences: Stage 3 – Collaborative Problem-solving

9. Problem-solving Parent Conferences: Stage 4 – Action Planning with Behavior Contracting

10. Problem-solving Parent Conferences: Stage 5 – Follow-up Consultation and Implementation Monitoring

11. Teacher and Parent Skills: PPC Principles and Processes Applied to IEP Conferences

and other Parent-Educator Meetings

12. Epilogue: Integrating Individual and Systemic Interventions in Schools

References

Index