1. Background -- 2. Prevention and health promotion -- 3. Diseases encountered in school settings -- 4. Developmental disorders and conditions -- 5. Health issues related to development -- 6. Interventions within school settings -- 7. Special topics -- 8. Professional issues
Summary
In recent years the escalating costs of health care have caused managed care programs to shift the delivery of pediatric psychological services away from specialized medical centers and into primary care and school settings. One result has been a radical expansion of school psychology into issues of clinical intervention, health promotion, and the assessment of psychotropic medications. School psychologists are now expected to either deliver or (more likely) to provide consultation regarding a wide variety of pediatric psychological services. Because this is a recent phenomenon, very few school
