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NASP Communiqué, Vol. 37, #8
June 2009

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Featured Articles

• How to Preserve and Promote School Psychological Services Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
• Advancing Social Justice Through Primary Prevention

Interact With Your Peers in the NASP Communities

• Selecting Manuscripts for Publication in Communiqué - June Discussion Article

Handouts and Materials for Parents

• Communicating Effectively During Early Career Transitions: Using Self-Reflection
• Play: Key to Learning
• Collaborating With Physicians: A Guide for Educators

Bonus Book and Test Reviews

• Review of the Pediatric Attention Disorders Diagnostic Screener (PADDS)
  Review by Erik Newman
• Chorpita, B.F., Modular Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Disorders (2007, The Guilford Press)
  Review by Sam F. Broughton
• Cooley, M. L., Teaching Kids With Mental Health & Learning Disorders in the Regular Classroom (2007, Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.)
  Review by Jennifer Mangum
• Dehn, M. J., Working Memory and Academic Learning: Assessment and Intervention (2008, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
  Review by Wayne R. D’Agaro
• Eisen, A. R., editor, Treating Childhood Behavioral and Emotional Problems: A Step-by-Step, Evidence-Based Approach (2008, The Guilford Press)
  Review by John J. DeMann
• Franklin, C., M. B. Harris, & P. Allen-Meares, The School Services Sourcebook: A Guide for School-Based Professionals (2006, Oxford University Press)
  Review by Mary Cathryn Murray
• Goldstein, S., J. A. Naglieri, & S. Ozonoff, editors, Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders (2009, Guilford Press)
  Review by Lee A. Wilkinson
• Greenwood, C. R., T. R. Kratochwill, & M. Clements, editors, Schoolwide Prevention Models: Lessons Learned in Elementary Schools (2008, Guilford Press)
  Review by Joan B. Simon
• Harris, Y. R. & J. A. Graham, The African American Child: Development and Challenges (2007, Springer Publishing Company)
  Review by Lola Heverly
• Kowalski, R. M., S. P. Limber, & P. W. Agatston, Cyber Bullying: Bullying in the Digital Age (2008, Blackwell Publishing)
  Review by Christine Merman Woolf
• Lange, A., & V. Gipson, The Real Deal! Anger Management for Adolescents (2007, Research Press)
  Review by Lisa Harrell
• Lippman, J. G. & P. G. Lewis, Divorcing With Children: Expert Answers to Tough Questions From Parents and Children (2008, Praeger Publishers)
  Review by James Russo
• McConaughy, S. H., P. Kay, J. A., Welkowitz, K. Hewitt, & M. D. Fitzgerald, Collaborating With Parents for Early School Success: The Achieving-Behaving-Caring Program (2008, Guilford Press)
  Review by John Mark Froiland
• Meyer, D., & P. Vadasy, Sibshops: Workshops for Siblings of Children with Special Needs (Revised Edition) (2008, Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.)
  Review by Kathryn Reva
• Morris, R.J. & N. Mather, editors, Evidence-Based Interventions for Students With Learning and Behavioral Challenges (2008, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group)
  Review by Susan Davies Gfroerer
• Murphy, Elizabeth and Charles Meisgeier, Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children (MMTIC) Manual and Murphy, Elizabeth, The Chemistry of Personality, Verifying Type with Students, MMTIC Student Workbooks-Elementary School, Middle School, and High School, Exploring Personality Type Discovering My Strengths and Stretches, Exploring Personality Type Discovering My Best and Your Best, and Exploring Personality Type Creating a Path for Success (2008, Center for Applications of Psychological Type)
  Review by Barbara A. Fischetti
• Murphy, J. J., Solution-Focused Counseling in Schools (2^nd Ed.) (2008, American Counseling Association
  Review by Bonnie G. Seiler
• Olive, E., Positive Behavior Facilitation (PBF): Understanding and Intervening in the Behavior of Youth (2007, Research Press)
  Review by Howard B. Wakkinen
• Osofsky, J. D., Young Children and Trauma: Intervention and Treatment (2004, The Guilford Press)
  Review by Jennifer Dougherty
• Pinata, R. C., M. J. Cox, & K. L. Snow, School Readiness & The Transition to Kindergarten in the Era of Accountability (2007, Brookes Publishing Co.)
  Review by Terri L. Metcalf
• Sattler, J. M., Assessment of Children: Cognitive Foundations, 5^th ed. and Resource Guide to Accompany Assessment of Children: Cognitive Foundations, 5^th ed. (2008, Jerome M. Sattler, Publisher, Inc.)
  Review by Wendy Jovan
• Sherman, M.D. & D. M. Sherman, Finding My Way: A Teen’s Guide to Living with a Parent Who Has Experienced Trauma (2005, Beaver Pond Press)
  Review by Julie Shields
• Sprick, R. & M. Garrison, Intervention: Evidence-Based Behavioral Strategies for Individual Students, 2^nd ed. (2008, Pacific Northwest Publishing)
  Review by William Catone
• Wilens, T.E., Straight Talk About Psychiatric Medications for Kids, 3^rd ed. (2009, The Guilford Press)
  Review by Steve Sohm
• Woods, D. W., J. C. Piacentini, & J. T. Walkup, editors, Treating Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders: A Guide for Practitioners (2007, The Guilford Press)
  Review by Carisa M. Taylor