TY - JOUR
T1 - Utilization of a nonprofessional child-aide school mental health program
AU - Cowen, Emory L.
AU - Dorr, Darwin A.
AU - Sandler, Irwin
AU - McWilliams, Spencer
N1 - Funding Information:
One such prospective solution is to use specially selected and trained nonprofessionals in human service roles with young maladapting school children. Such a program was introduced on a pilot-experimental basis in the primary grades of an elementary school in Rochester, New York (Zax, Cowen, Izzo, Madonia, Merenda, & Trost, 1966; Zax & Cowen, 1967) as part of the Primary Mental Health Project (PMI-IP), concerned with early detection and early secondary prevention of school maladaptation (Cowen, Izzo, Miles, Telschow, Trost, & Zax, 1963; Cowen, Zax, Izzo, & Trost, 1966; Zax & Cowen, 1969). In this pilot project, six housewives selected for their ~The work reported here was made possible through support by NIMH grant MH 11820-01, from the Pilots and Special Training Branch; this support is acknowledged with appreciation. 2Now at the Arizona State University.
PY - 1971
Y1 - 1971
N2 - Fifty-five women were given focused, time-limited training for work as child-aides with ineffectively functioning primary grade school children. During the first three-month program period, aides saw 329 children, 9% of the primary grade enrollment of the participating schools, for more than 7,500 contacts. This paper considers differential patterns of program utilization and the overall potential of the helping model for bringing needed services to otherwise unreached, maladapting school children.
AB - Fifty-five women were given focused, time-limited training for work as child-aides with ineffectively functioning primary grade school children. During the first three-month program period, aides saw 329 children, 9% of the primary grade enrollment of the participating schools, for more than 7,500 contacts. This paper considers differential patterns of program utilization and the overall potential of the helping model for bringing needed services to otherwise unreached, maladapting school children.
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-4405(71)90005-7
DO - 10.1016/0022-4405(71)90005-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0242421060
SN - 0022-4405
VL - 9
SP - 131
EP - 136
JO - Journal of School Psychology
JF - Journal of School Psychology
IS - 2
ER -