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Making psychologists in schools indispensable is essential if psychology in education is going to survive and prosper during the 21st century. This book presents the reflections of 27 leaders in the field of school psychology on the issue of what can make psychologists in schools indispensable. Chapters are: Becoming Indispensable Through Mental Health Promotion (J. Sandoval); Indispensability: The Holy Grail (G. Trachtman); Recycling the Basics for Evolving Schools: Psychologists as Fulcrums for Leveraging Improved Schooling (J. French); Becoming Essential: Rethinking the Practice of School Psychology (B. Doll); The Educare Psychologist: Re-Inventing School Psychology and Schools for the 21st Century (F. Farley); Excellence, Relevance, and Passion: The Motive Power of Indispensability (R. Talley); Five Themes to Enhance the Value of Psychology to Schools (R. Abidin); One Way of Looking at the Future: A Plan for Creating Value in School Psychological Services (B. Phillips); Psychology in Schools Is Indispensable: An Administrative Perspective (J. Jackson); Enduring Expertise of School Psychologists and the Changing Demands of Schools in the United States (P. Harrison); Making Psychologists Indispensable in the School: Collaborative Training Approaches Involving Educators and School Psychologists (W. Pryzwansky); Replacing Schools with Children: Making Psychologists Indispensable to Schools and Communities (R. Short); Responding to School Needs: The Role of the Psychologist (J. Cummings); The School Psychologist as Citizen of the Learning Community (S. Rosenfield); Listening to Our Clients: A Strategy for Making Psychology Indispensable in the Schools (M. Brassard); Making Psychologists Indispensable in Schools: Do We Really Have To? (T. Kubiszyn); Psychologists in the Schools: Routes to Becoming Indispensable (D. Tharinger); Turning Imperfection into Perfection: Some Advice for Making Psychology Indispensable in the Schools (F. Medway); Advancing Knowledge in Schools Through Consultative Knowledge Linking (T. Kratochwill); Assessing Learning of All Students: Becoming an Essential Service Provider Once Again (S. Elliot); Expertise Makes Psychology in the Schools Indispensable (J. Naglieri); Fantasy, Reality, Necessity and the Indispensable School Psychologist (J. Alpert and L. Rigney); Making Psychologists Indispensable in the Schools: School Psychologists as Specialists in Neurologic Problems (E. Clark); Making Psychology in Schools Indispensable: Crisis Intervention for Fun and Profit (L. Aronin); Making Psychology in the Schools Indispensable: Our Role in Crisis Intervention (K. Young, S. Poland, and L. Griffin); Measurement Consultation (R. Kamphaus); and Psychology in Education as Developmental Healthcare: A Proposal for Fundamental Change and Survival (S. Bagnato). (JBJ)

The first, and most prominent, section of this publication consists of eight digest papers which offer several perspectives on new models for psychological practice in schools. The topics addressed in the digest series reflect key issues confronting psychologists as they struggle to increase their responsiveness to educational challenges in America's schools. Digests are as follows: "Creating a New Vision of School Psychology: Emerging Models of Psychological Practice in Schools" (Talley and Short); "Psychological Services in the Schools" (Kamphaus); "Working with Diverse Learners and School Staff in a Multicultural Society" (Sanchez, Li, and Nuttall); "Health Services in the Schools: Building Interdisciplinary Partnerships" (Paavola, Cobb, Illback, Joseph, and Torruella);"Redefining Doctoral School Psychology" (Short and Talley); "Establishing School-Based Internships in Professional Psychology" (Nelson); "Psychological Practice in Schools: System Change in the Heartland" (Reschly); and "Education and Health Care Advocacy: Perspectives on Goals 2000, IASA, IDEA and Healthy People 2000" (Talley and Short). The second section presents results of an extensive search of the ERIC database on each of the major topical areas covered by the digests, along with instructions for obtaining the full-text articles and documents. The third and final section is the "ERIC/CASS Resource Pack," which is intended to extend the reader's knowledge of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), both as a consumer/user of ERIC as well as a contributor of papers and resources. (RB)

The handbook discusses administrative strategies found successful in fostering the integration of mildly handicapped students in five states' school systems (California, Kansas, Massachusets, Minnesota, and Texas). In "Administrative Systems for Service Delivery," T. Oliver describes approaches to streamline referral to placement systems, help manage increased workloads (including the use of computers), and provide models for planning and resource allocation. G. Shellem ("Community Involvement") describes ways in which the schools can cooperate with community agencies and resources through interagency agreements and contractual arrangements. Strategies to strengthen "Communication" are considered by S. Raimondi, including internal school communications and use of the public media. R. Talley ("Personnel Utilization") presents examples of new or modified staff roles and describes team teaching strategies along with innovative ways to use paraprofessionals. The final topic, "Staff Development," by S. Elting covers planning for inservice, job embedded staff development, and job related staff development. (CL)