Primary Project

Demanchick, S. & Johnson, D.B. (March 2004). Primary Project. Hennepin County, Minnesota. Report to alliance for families and children in Hennepin County. Children’s Institute Technical Report T04-005.

Wohl, N. & Hightower, A.D. (2001). Primary Mental Health Project: A School-Based Prevention Program. In A.A. Drewes, L.J. Carey & C.E. Schaefer, (Eds), School-Based Play Therapy (pp 277-296). NY: Wiley.

Elliott Perkins, P. (January 1998). PMHP School Climate Study New York City Region District 15, PS 160, Fall 1997. Children’s Institute Technical Report T97-510.1.

Elliott, P. (October 1997). PMHP School Climate Study: North Tonawanda Region, Ledgeview, Clarence School District 1996-97 Academic Year. Children’s Institute Technical Report T97-507.1.

Elliott, P. (October 1997). PMHP School Climate Study: North Tonawanda Region, Windemere Boulevard School, Amherst School District 1996-97 Academic Year. Children’s Institute Technical Report T97-506.1.

Elliott, P. (October 1997). PMHP School Climate Study: North Tonawanda Region, School 11 - Buffalo School District 1996-97 Academic Year. Children’s Institute Technical Report T97-505.1.

Elliott, P. (October 1997). PMHP School Climate Study: North Tonawanda Region, Rushford Campus, Cuba-Rushford School District 1996-97 Academic Year. Children’s Institute Technical Report T97-504.1.

Elliott, P. (October 1997). PMHP School Climate Study: North Tonawanda Region, Harris Hill Clarence School District 1996-97 Academic Year. Children’s Institute Technical Report T97-503.1.

Hightower, A. D. (1997). Primary Mental Health Project. In G. W. Albee & T. Gullotta (Eds.), Primary prevention works (pp. 191-212). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Crean, H. & Lotyczewski, B.S. (September 1996). An Evaluation of the Early Mental Health Initiative’s Primary Intervention Program and Enhanced Primary Intervention Programs for the 1995-96 Academic Year. Children’s Institute Technical Report T96-431.1.

Cowen, E. L., & Hightower, A. D. (1996). Primary Mental Health Project: School-based preventive interventions for adjustment problems. In M. C. Roberts (Ed.), Model programs in school mental health (pp. 63-74). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cowen, E. L., Hightower, A. D., Pedro-Carroll, J. L., Work, W. C., Wyman, P. A., & Haffey, W. G. (1996). School based prevention for children at risk: The Primary Mental Health Project. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Hightower, A. D., & Cowen, E. L. (1996). Primary Mental Health Project. In T. K. Fagan & P. G. Wonder (Eds.), Historical encyclopedia of school psychology (pp. 286-287). Greenwood, Westport, CT.

Crean, H. & Lotyczewski, B.S. (October 1995). An Evaluation of the Early Mental Health Initiative’s Primary Intervention Program and Enhanced Primary Intervention Program for the 1994-95 Academic Year. Technical Report T95-428.1

Cowen, E. L. (1991). The Primary Mental Health Project. Clinician’s Research Digest, Supplemental Bulletin No. 8.

Cowen, E. L., & Hightower, A. D. (1989). The Primary Mental Health Project: Alternatives in school based preventive interventions. In T. B. Gutkin & C. R. Reynolds (Eds.),Handbook of school psychology, 2nd ed.(pp. 775-795). New York: John Wiley.

Cowen, E. L., & Hightower, A. D. (1989). The Primary Mental Health Project: Thirty years after. In R. E. Hess & J. DeLong (Eds.), The National Mental Health Association: Eighty years of involvement in the field of prevention (pp. 225-257). New York: Haworth Press.

Cowen, E. L., & Hightower, A. D. (1989). The Primary Mental Health Project: Thirty years after. Prevention in Human Services, 6, 225-257.

Cowen, E. L., Hightower, A. D., Johnson, D. B., Sarno, M., & Weissberg, R. P. (1989). State level dissemination of a program for early detection and prevention of school maladjustment. Professional Psychology, 20, 309-314.

Winer Elkin, J. I., Weissberg, R. P., & Cowen, E. L. (1988). Evaluation of a planned short-term intervention for school children with focal adjustment problems. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 17, 106-115.

Farie, A. M., Cowen, E. L., & Smith, M. (1986). The development and implementation of a rural consortium program to provide early, preventive school mental health services.Community Mental Health Journal, 22, 94-103.

Chandler, C., Weissberg, R. P., Cowen, E. L., & Guare, J. (1984). The long-term effects of a school-based secondary prevention program for young maladapting children.Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 52, 165-170.

Cowen, E. L., Spinell, A., Wright, S., & Weissberg, R. P. (1983). Continuing dissemination of a school-based early detection and prevention model. Professional Psychology, 14, 118-127.

Cowen, E. L., Weissberg, R. P., & Lotyczewski, B. S. (1983). Validity generalization of school-based preventive mental health program. Professional Psychology, 14, 613-623.

Weissberg, R. P., Cowen, E. L., Lotyczewski, B. S., & Gesten, E. L. (1983). The Primary Mental Health Project: Seven consecutive years of program outcome research. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 51, 100-107.

Cowen, E. L., Weissberg, R. P., & Lotyczewski, B. S. (1982). Physical contacts in helping interactions with young children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 50,219-225.

Winer, J. I. (1982). An evaluation of a planned short term intervention approach for children with school adjustment problems. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Rochester.

Cowen, E. L., Gesten, E. L., Davidson, E. R., & Wilson, A. B. (1981). Hairdressers as caregivers, II: Relationships between helper-characteristics and help-giving behavior and feelings. Journal of Prevention, 1, 225-239.

Cowen, E. L., McKim, B. J., & Weissberg, R. P. (1981). Bartenders as informal interpersonal help-agents. American Journal of Community Psychology, 9, 715-729.

Cowen, E. L. (1980). Rochester’s Primary Mental Health Project. In W. Cunninggim & D. Mulligan (Eds.), Volunteers and children with special needs (pp. 33-38). Arlington, VA: National School Volunteer Program, Inc.

Cowen, E. L. (1980). The Primary Mental Health Project: Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Journal of Special Education, 14, 133-154.

Cowen, E. L., Davidson, E. R., & Gesten, E. L. (1980). Program dissemination and the modification of delivery practices in school mental health. Professional Psychology, 11, 36-47.