Articles, Leading Stories

October 1st, 2013

Program focuses on outdoor adventure therapy

By Rivkela Brodsky

Sending her teenage son to Summit Achievement in Stow, Maine, was the first step in getting him on the right path, says Amy Schwartz.

Her son, now 17, attended the...

October 1st, 2013

Victims of sibling aggression suffer consequences

By Susan Gonsalves

Even one incident of sibling aggression causes mental distress among children and adolescents according to recently-published research in Pediatrics.

Study authors from...

October 1st, 2013

Cyberbullying common across grades 9-12

By Janine Weisman

One in six high school students (16 percent) have been victims of electronic bullying in the past year, reveals a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)...

October 1st, 2013

AUNE awarded grant to improve outcomes for children

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Antioch University of New England’s Center for Research on Psychological Practice (CROPP) was awarded a contract by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services...

October 1st, 2013

MSPP lays off seven faculty, staff members

By Catherine Robertson Souter

On August 14, seven faculty and staff members at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP) were informed that they were being laid off from the school because...

October 1st, 2013

Experts weigh in on unconscious bias

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In the wake of the Trayvon Martin case, Americans have found ourselves asking some very difficult questions. Beyond the facts of that night, a young African-American boy leaves...

October 1st, 2013

“Nowhere to Hide: Why Kids with ADHD and LD Hate School and What We Can Do About It”

By Paul Efthim PhD

“Nowhere to Hide: Why Kids with ADHD and LD Hate School and What We Can Do About It”

By Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D.

Jossey-Bass

San Francisco, CA,...

October 1st, 2013

“Treatments That Work With Children: Empirically Supported Strategies for Managing Childhood Problems”

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

“Treatments That Work With Children: Empirically Supported Strategies for Managing Childhood Problems”

By Edward R. Christophersen and Susan Mortweet...

October 1st, 2013

Test data access examined

By Edward Stern J.D.

Are clients/patients entitled to test data as part of their records if they request a copy of their records or request their records be forwarded to others?

In 2002, the...

October 1st, 2013

Remembering two voices of hope

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

Confronted by the many faces of depression and despair that we see in our offices, we listen and speak, choosing our silences as carefully as we choose our words, never...