ABSTRACT
From its inception, rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) has been educative in nature, its goal being to help people help themselves by teaching them positive mental health concepts. Early in the practice of REBT, Albert Ellis and his colleagues began applying the theory to children and found it to be a very effective approach (DiGiuseppe, 1999; Vernon, 1997; 2002). A long-time proponent of the application of REBT in educational settings, Ellis established the Living School, a small private grade school housed at the Institute for Advanced Study in Rational Psychotherapy (now called the Albert Ellis Institute). From 1971–1975, teachers presented REBT principles in the classroom to improve children’s emotional well-being (DiGiuseppe, 1999; Vernon, 2006a).
