Articles, Leading Stories
Arts programs make inroads with DYS students
By Jennifer E Chase
The Mass. Department of Education holds youth who are serving time in juvenile detention centers to the same state-mandated compliance standards as their counterparts “on...
In Practice: “Genuine Voices” heals as it teaches
By Jennifer E Chase
After the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Berklee School of Music Senior Juri Ify Love chose a community service-based senior project that would change her life as much as those she...
Special education and residential schools gradually disappearing
By Phyllis Hanlon
As states across the country continue to seek ways to reduce costs, services and programs relating to mental health issues often suffer the greatest cuts. In New England, the...
APA Ethics Code Commentary and Case Illustrations
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
‘Invaluable’ resource looks at ethical dilemmas
“APA Ethics Code Commentary and Case Illustrations”
By Linda Campbell, Melba...
New Hampshire wants new women’s prison
By Catherine Robertson Souter
As far back as 2004, a report by the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women detailed issues with the state’s services for female inmates including overcrowding...
FDA warns maker of alternative autism treatment
By Nan Shnitzler
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June sent a warning letter to the maker of a product that was being used to treat symptoms of autism, the Chicago Tribune reported. The...
Pre-schoolers display mental health issues
By Ami Albernaz
It’s well-known that social competence and behavior problems that are apparent when children are five or six are predictors of their later academic and social...
Study: Older people happier
By Ami Albernaz
If you’re facing down 50 with some degree of dread, you may find comfort in a study that suggests people who’ve passed that milestone tend to experience less stress...
Legislation proposed to ban corporal punishment in schools
By Ami Albernaz
For some of us, corporal punishment brings to mind school days of old, with nuns rapping across the knuckles of the disobedient. Though corporal punishment is no longer used in...
Research: Spanked children have lower IQs
By Ami Albernaz
Those against corporal punishment may have found support in research presented last fall that suggests kids who are spanked have lower IQs than kids who are not.
Murray...