Mark W. Fraser

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored how changes in maternal employment in poor families relate to high school completion among at risk youths and found that a substantial number of mothers experience unstable employment patterns.

TL;DR: The authors described two convergent group programs for children in care that aimed to develop resilience, including social and coping skills, mindfulness, and emotional awareness, using arts-based and experiential methods to facilitate the learning of a variety of skills.

TL;DR: The authors describes the core features of outcome research and then explores issues confronting researchers who engage in outcome studies, focusing on the counterfactual causal perspective, designing programs that fit culture and context, and developing nuanced explanations for program outcomes.

TL;DR: In this paper, best practices in designing treatment manuals are discussed. But, little is known about best practices for designing treatment manual for interventions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the findings from an efficacy trial of a school-based, universal prevention program designed to reduce aggressive behavior of by strengthening emotion regulation and social information processing (SIP) skills.