Editorial for Applied Practices: Perspectives from the Field

Abstract

The two papers in the Applied Practices section of the current journal both provide a perspective on the breadth of the school counsellor's/school psychologist's role. In her paper titled “Conceptualising and facilitating success in interagency collaborations: Implications for practice from the literature” Miriam Herlihy, an educational psychologist in New Zealand, explores and discusses collaboration, as a key area of practice. In a well-structured examination of the issues, she explores the importance of collaboration between agencies to best support children, noting that wide differences exist about the nature of and enactment of collaborative practices.