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COUNSELING & PSYCHOLOGY NEWS Outcomes for Psychotherapy Clients from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds Studied Dr. Jeff Reese had a study recently published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology that demonstrated monitoring treatment outcome and the therapeutic alliance was an effective quality improvement strategy in a Community Mental Health Care setting with psychotherapy clients from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Reese, R. J., Duncan, B. L., Bohanske, R. T., Owen, J. J, & Minami, T. (2014). Student Presentations Several students presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research in Atlanta, GA over the summer and at the American Psychological Association Meeting held in Washington, D.C. in August. Cody Davis, a doctoral School Psychology student made a presentation at the 2014 Kentucky Association for Psychology in the Schools in Louisville, KY. Ruble presents keynote in Australia Tyler Publishes Book Dr. Lisa Ruble presented an invited keynote in Sydney Australia in August. More than 450 participants attended the inaugural Aspect Autism in Education Conference. Aspect Autism serves more than 1,000 students with autism spectrum disorder and is the largest educational provider