Why psychologists need to base treatment recommendations on scientific evidence : methodologies for intervening with disruptive adolescents / Brian Flynn, Sonja Hershfield, Keith Topping ; with a foreword by Tom McIntyre
Introduction : using the evidence base to improve practice and policy -- Finding the evidence base : a review of the literature -- A meta-analysis and best-evidence synthesis of interventions -- Use of the evidence base in public school system : a survey of school psychologists -- Successfully developing independence : self-management and self-monitoring interventions -- Bridging the gap : evidence-based and non-evidence based interventions -- Our answers to the research questions -- Implementing interventions for disruptive adolescents : the role of the educational/school psychologist and other professionals -- Implications for researchers : the way forward -- Implications for practitioners and policy makers : a blueprint to improve service delivery
