Abstract
AbstractPresented here are arguments for reframing school psychologists as agents‐of‐change for children's entire life spans through creating positive patterns that promote healthy living. Such a focus on children's strengths and the enhancement of wellness, in contrast to the current pathology‐driven model of school psychology, may even develop a cadre of healthier professionals. Wellness begins at home, and the brightest prospect for engaging children in positive activities is a “mental‐health enhancer” role model who has personally addressed the goals of wellness, health improvement, and affiliation with constructive communities of friends, colleagues, and family. We offer some justification for a reformulation to the positive, data why this might be beneficial, and some speculative means for how a school psychologist can “take the high road.” © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 41: 131–141, 2004.
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