Sara A. Whitcomb

TL;DR: The authors assesses social and emotional behavior of young children using self-report assessment and social skills and peer relations to identify specific problems, competencies, and populations, and assess other behavioral, social, and emotional problems.

TL;DR: A systematic training program for teaching applied behavior analysis knowledge competencies to newly hired direct-care employees at a day and residential habilitation services agency for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities revealed that the employees judged the training program favorably along several dimensions.

TL;DR: Results connect the implementation of the college and career counseling components of a comprehensive school counseling program and lower student-to-school-counselor ratios to a reduction in suspension rates and disciplinary incidents for Connecticut high school students.

TL;DR: The authors evaluated the effects of a computer-based early reading program, Headsprout, on accurate reading of word lists and connected text by a student with autism and found that the reading program was associated with improved reading accuracy across the word sets and stories.

TL;DR: In this paper, a case study describes the leadership of a school counselor in implementing positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) in a low-income, diverse elementary school with a modest level of intervention.