Originally published in 1976, this volume begins with a theoretical overview of the major trends in the community psychology movement at the time, as well as a perspective on how the field was developing. The emphasis is on the utility of combining a preventative community-centered orientation with an applied behavioral-analytic focus. The authors take general theoretical notions and demonstrate how they can be turned to concrete methods of dealing with specific practical problems that occur in implementing a 'real-life' program of community oriented intervention.

Foreword. Preface. Part 1: Collaborative Interventions with Schools: Making the Changing Scene in Community Psychology 1. A Guiding Framework for Community-Based Interventions in School Settings 2. Establishing a Partnership: Problems and Principles Part 2: Toward a Theoretical Background for Multilevel Prevention in the Schools 3. A Strategy for Primary Prevention: The Social Problem-Solving Curriculum 4. Secondary Prevention: A Companion Program for Socially Isolated Children 5. Behavior Analysis and Tertiary Prevention: Teacher Training in Classroom Management Part 3: From Principles to a Program: The Collaborative Intervention in Action 6. Getting It All Together in the School 7. Enhancing Social Coping Skills: The Creative Problem Solver 8. Promoting Social Interactions: The Blooming of Wallflowers 9. Building Constructive Teacher-Child Relationships Part 4: Larger Social and Ethical Issues 10. Community Interventions Today and Tomorrow: The Challenge and the Promise. Appendix: Social Problem-Solving Curriculum: A Workbook. References. Subject Index.