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Ethnic minority disproportionality has been a topic of extensive discussion and research for many years. In 1997, Artiles, Trent, and Kuan conducted a seminal review of the special education research literature to identify how often researchers report and disaggregate data in ways that would support conclusions about specific ethnic minority groups. These authors found alarmingly low rates of publication on identifiable minority groups. The purpose of this review is to replicate the work of Artiles et al. and extend this literature analysis to the subsequent 15-year period (1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009). We found increases in the proportion of articles reporting ethnic minority information 15 years following the Artiles et al. publication. Discussion focuses on the gap in our knowledge of evidence-based practices for ethnic minority students in special education. About the AuthorsEleazar Vasquez III is an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida where he teaches and conducts research for the Department of Child Family and Community Sciences. His research focuses on the evaluation of academic and behavioral outcomes from instructional innovations, measurement validity, technology implementation to increase efficiency in teaching, behavior analysis, and culturally and linguistically diverse students. Timothy A. Slocum is an associate professor at Utah State University. His research focus is on evaluation of academic outcomes from instructional innovations, measurement validity, direct instruction, reading disabilities, reading instruction, and alternate assessment.Lee Mason is a doctoral student at Utah State University. Breda V Okeeffe is a postdoctoral fellow at

Mental health counselors encounter numerous complex situations when working with children and adolescents in anger management groups. This study promotes the use of Social Cognitive Theory to reduce cognitive distortions and aggressive behavior in youth. Specifically, it highlights Leadership Implementation Training (LIT), a youth-oriented model that integrates leadership skills into school-based anger management groups with the intent of reducing agression in angry youth, initial data suggest that doing so is an effective tool for mental health counselors who facilitate groups in schools.

This article introduces the concept of flow state as an existential‐humanistic tool to increase optimal experience and life enjoyment. We define what is flow state, discuss its connections to existential‐humanistic thought, and provide a case exemplar for future applications to self and counseling, as well as identify limitations and implications.