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"Childhood internalizing disorders often do not receive as much attention as they should, particularly in school settings. Dr. Merrell's text provides a welcome response to this problem, as it presents a wealth of practical information regarding empirically supported methods for the assessment and treatment of childhood depression and anxiety. School psychologists and counselors will find it to be a unique and invaluable resource." --David N. Miller, PhD., University at Albany, State University of New York

"Child and adolescent depression and anxiety are often under-identified and misunderstood. This manual provides a well-integrated compendium of successful treatment approaches. Filling a major need, this is a valuable resource for school psychologists, social workers, school counselors, and mental health professionals. It presents a range of practical individual and group interventions to use in private practice, school, and community-based settings." --Paula Freer, MSW, PhD, Coordinator of Psychological Services, Troup County, GA, Public Schools

"This well-written, reader-friendly book blends Merrell's research expertise in the area of childhood internalizing disorders with his sensitivity as a clinician. The discussion of real issues and situations that occur when therapy is conducted in the school setting makes this an important resource. Graduate students learning to do therapy and school-based practitioners looking to help youth suffering from anxiety or depression will benefit from reading this book. It clearly illustrates how research can influence practice in a meaningful way." --Jeff Laurent, PhD, Department of Psychology, Illinois State University

"An exceptionally useful book. Merrell cuts directly to the essential points--what internalizing disorders are, how they can best be recognized and assessed, and which specific interventions work. The link between assessment and intervention blends the theoretical, empirical, and clinical knowledge base superbly. An excellent resource for practitioners and trainers, this is also an appropriate text for courses in child counseling and therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and school-based interventions." --Harriet Cobb, EdD, Combined Program in Clinical, School, and Counseling Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

"Merrell offers in a this work a comprehensive survey of the budding literature on the subject, available programs for addressing the growing crisis in children's mental health, and, especially impressive, a smorgasbord of technical responses for prevention and intervention....Merrell's guidebook is an excellent refresher course for professionals working in the field of child and adolescent counseling. The strongest benefit of this guidebook resides in the wealth of intervention techniques that are outlined in great detail and complemented with tracking charts and self-scoring registers to map client successes and challenges....Merrell's guidebook offers the professional mental health counselor a wealth of options for treatments of depression and anxiety in young people. But parents and teachers as well would greatly benefit from keeping this guidebook on hand and applying its various innovative strategies in helping their young wards to deal successfully with an increasingly alienating and isolating, industrialized, consumerist world."--Metapsychology Online Reviews

"...a clear, well-written guide to intervention techniques designed to treat childhood depression and anxiety. It is an excellent starting point for clinicians interested in learning and implementing evidence-based techniques for the treatment of these disorders, particularly cognitive-behavioral techniques....this book is an excellent resource for school-based clinicians interested in learning new techniques, particularly cognitive-behavioral techniques, for treating depression and anxiety. It is easy to read and provides concrete, user-friendly tools that can be incorporated into one's clinical repertoire."--The Prevention Researcher Supplemental Resource Issue

"The real value of the book, however, lies in the practical strategies presented for assessment of and intervention with children and youth displaying depression and anxiety....This book offers valuable information for virtually anyone in an educational setting. Those in various roles have encountered or will encounter children with depression and anxiety at some point in time. Having taught courses in child and adolescent psychopathology, I am confident that its place in our teacher education program is obvious."--Kappa Delta Pi Record

"The volume contains thorough, specific discussions of techniques that teachers can use with students to alleviate common emotional stresses, without being either overly technical or too general. It lists guidelines for teacher assessment, target behaviors for students, and steps in social skills training, among many other strategies. Excellent for teachers and counselors the book does not oversimplify the issues, but rather provides useful, practical methods for resolving a variety of problems that students experience, particularly in adolescence. This is a true guide for what adults can say and do to help students of any age group. I recommend it highly."--Science Books and Films

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Depression, anxiety, and other internalizing disorders can have severe and lasting consequences for children and adolescents. This unique handbook provides the school-based practitioner with clear-cut strategies for addressing these problems creatively and effectively with students in grades K-12. A concise overview of the nature, development, and course of childhood depression and anxiety is delineated, and a comprehensive assessment model is outlined. Chapters then present a wide range of empirically supported interventions that are easy to implement and readily adaptable to diverse settings. Featured cognitive-behavioral and psychoeducational techniques are described in jargon-free language, and numerous reproducible handouts, worksheets, and exercises are included to facilitate the practitioner's day-to-day work. Other topics covered include currently available psychiatric medications for depression and anxiety, and when and how a psychiatric referral should be made.

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Paperback: 231 pages
Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (March 31, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1572306173
ISBN-13: 978-1572306172
Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #847,667 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Depression, anxiety, and related "internalizing" problems of children and adolescents have been the focus of increased professional concern during the past two or three decades. Read the first page

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assessing internalizing problems, keystone behavior strategy, detecting automatic thoughts, learned optimism training, changing negative automatic thoughts, other internalizing problems, personal control training, related internalizing problems, treating anxiety problems, weekly planning form, emotional pie, intrapersonal insight, evaluating automatic thoughts, resignation training, common irrational thoughts, treating depressed children, anxiety hierarchy, desensitization phase, internalizing disorders, support service professionals, journal entry form, emotional variability, mental health counseling services, attribution retraining, comprehensive intervention programs

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Coping Cat, United States, Depression Course, Albert Ellis, Weekly Journal Entry Form

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Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P. Seligman on page 110, and page 111
Listening to Prozac: The Landmark Book About Antidepressants and the Remaking of the Self, Revised Edition by Peter D. Kramer on page 182, and Back Matter
The Tough Kid Social Skills Book by Susan M. Sheridan on page 168
Applied Behavior Analysis by ALBERTO on page 118
Applied Behavior Analysis for Teachers (7th Edition) by Paul A. Alberto on page 118

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Helping Schoolchildren with Chronic Health Conditions: A Practical Guide (The Guilford Practical Intervention in Schools Series) by Daniel L. Clay Phd in Front Matter
Assessment for Intervention: A Problem-Solving Approach (The Guilford School Practitioner Series) by Rachel Brown-Chidsey in Front Matter

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