title: The development of behaviorally based public school consultation services.
abstract: This article describes the development of behavioral school care consultation services to public schools within a not-for-profit community behavioral health organization. An overview of the process of behavior consultation is presented. A description of the growth of behavioral school consultation services is outlined in regard to (a) the types of consultation, including individual, school-wide, and district-wide services; (b) trainings in empirically validated assessment and interventions; and (c) the development of an internship and postdoctoral fellowship program. A review of the growth of applied research, particularly in the area of school-wide interventions and its dissemination, also is presented.
authors.affiliation: May Institute Inc.
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Putnam
authors.forename: Marcie W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Handler
authors.forename: Jannette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCarty
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D017150:Public Sector; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012572:School Health Services; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*