Consultation and Mental Health Interventions in School Settings

Ester Cole, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice. For many years, she supervised teams of school psychologists and was an adjunct professor of graduate programs. Her numerous publications and lectures on effective consultation models have impacted multicultural intervention services. Dr. Cole has held key leadership professional roles in both Canada and the US. Maria Kokai, PhD, is a psychologist with over 35 years of experience in school settings. As a school psychologist and chief psychologist at a large urban school board, she provided, oversaw, and directed the delivery of a full continuum of direct and indirect primary, secondary, and tertiary psychological services. She has been in leadership roles in various professional organizations.

Preface
Part 1: Introduction
1 A Comprehensive Model for Consultation and Intervention in
School Settings
by Maria Kokai and Ester Cole
Part 2: Adressing Student Needs
2 Autism Spectrum Disorder
by Carolyn Lennox and Jessica Brian
3 School-Based Mental Health Interventions for Children and Adolescents
with ADHD
by Judith Wiener & Anne-Claude V. Bedard
4 A Guide for School-Based Anxiety Prevention, Early Intervention,
and Treatment
by Sarah Tannenbaum, Robert Franks, and Daniel Cheron
5 Depression: Addressing Students' Needs
by Samanta Boddapati and Mary Fristad
6 Anger and Self-Regulation
by Linda M. Raffaele Mendez and Shoshana Katz
7 School Response to Nonsuicidal Self-injury
by Nancy L. Heath, Laurianne Bastien, Jessica Mettler, Elana Bloom,
and Chloe Hamza
8 Diagnosing and Providing Intervention for Students with Learning
Disabilities: The Case of Dyslexia
by Esther Geva and David Kilpatrick
9 Gifted and Talented Students
by Frank C. Worrell, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, and Rena F. Subotnik
Part 3: School Level Interventions
10 Addressing the Needs of Immigrant and Refugee Students
by Ester Cole and Maria Kokai
11 Promoting Resilience in Culturally Diverse Youth
by Janine Jones
12 Fostering Student Engagement and Psychosocial Development:
A Participatory Action Research Approach
by Lia Sandilos, Avi Kaplan, and Alison Wabnik
13 Responding to Mass Shootings: Intervention Considerations
following the Disaster Cycle
by David J. Romano
14 Bullying Prevention: Re-imagining a Nonviolent and Healing
Learning Environment for All Students at School
by Debra Pepler and Bruce Rodrigues
15 Social-Emotional Learning
by Barry H. Schneider and Quinlan Taylor
Additional downloadable resources and handouts available online