School Psych Final

3 basic sources of public school law

(1) US Constitution (2) Statues and Regulations (3) Case Law

consultation is most effective when each of these variables are considered (4)

- Problem Solving Model - Knowledge of evidence based interventions - professional support - social influence

effective team meetings have (5)

- an agenda that they adhere to - an effective leader - avoid admiring the problem - goal w. measureable outcome - avoid diffusion of responsibility

social and emotional problems associated with child poverty (3)

- anxiety - difficulty getting along with peers and adults - low self esteem

APA guidelines for the practice of telepsychology (6)

- be competent with technologies and their impact - ethical standards of practices are met for duration of telepsych - obtain informed consent - maintain confidentiality - consider unique issues that may arise w. test instruments and assessments designed for in-person - be familiar with law of international boarders

reccomendations for school psychologists (6)

- be visible - start the year with specific goals - stop doing things that don't make sense - we have influence not power - operate from a public health perspective - strive to adjust adult behavior not just students'

who is most likely to live in poverty (4)

- children whose parents did not graduate from high school - single mothers - african american children - children with unemployed parents

if ethical responsibilities conflict with the law psychologists should (3)

- clarify the nature of the conflict - make known their commitment to their code of ethics - take steps to resolve the conflict

phases of change in a scale up model of reform (4)

- creating readiness - initial implementation - institutionalization - ongoing evolution

behavior consultation model steps (4)

- define the problem - analyze the problem - intervention - did the intervention work?

the data driven problem solving model requires SPs to examine

- discrepancies between how the child is performing , how the child should be performing - discrepancies are domain specific (reading v. social skills) & context specific (independent v. group work) - assessment of the discrepancy is specific to situation ( i.e CBM probes)

key elements of prevention science

- epidemiology - life course developmental science - intervention trial technology

third tier in the MTSS model

- indicated prevention - most intensive supports delivered to youth showing early signs of a disability

physical problems associated with child poverty (3)

- low birth weight - substandard nutrition - poor motor skills

cognitive difficulties associated with child poverty (2)

- poor academic performance -higher drop out rates

challenges in adulthood associated with child poverty include

- poor health - lower earnings, - higher poverty rates - criminal behaviors

Functional Contextualism

- predefined and empirically based rules and concepts to predict or influence human behavior - specific conditions that can be manipulated to promote positive outcomes

second tier in the MTSS model

- selective intervention - more intensive programs for students who are more at risk for experiencing poor outcomes

first tier in the MTSS model

- universal prevention - interventions that are low intensity and easy to implement - provided to students in all school settings

predictions for SP in 21st century

- we will serve an increasingly diverse population - diversity of school psychologists will increasingly lag behind that of populations serving - we will continue to be in short supply - financial stress will inhibit growth and require innovative service delivery approaches - role expansion will increase - increased access to new and effective technologies - federal initiatives will continue to effect us - increasing percentage of children and youth will be at risk - public schools swill become increasingly specialized and individualized - assessment will continue to be important and useful for intervention

Plyer v. Doe (1982) (3)

-Texas at the time was attempting to pass a law blocking education to illegal immigrants -Ruled unconstitutional. this state law would have violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment - immigrant children are people "In the ordinary sense of the term"

MTSS approach (4)

-screening -identification -implementation -evaluation procedures

the US ferderal poverty line for a family of 4

26,500

ABCs of CBT

Activating Event Beliefs about the event Consequences (emotions, behavior, physical)

if direct counseling is generally not an effective intervention method for students with disruptive behavior what is ?

Behavior Consultaion model

______ is generally more appropriate for childhood internalizing disorders than externailizing disorders

CBT

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Designed to protect individuals with disabilities from discrimination at programs that receive federal funding

FERPA

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act parents have access to their childs educational records to ensure the privacy of the records

4 parts of IDEA

General provisions Assistance for education of all children w. Disabilities Infants and toddlers with disabilities National activites to improve education of children w. Disabilities

Under IDEA students have the right to (5)

Non discriminatory assessment, evaluation Education in the LRE Procedural due process (parent involvement) Free education Appropriate education under IEPs

campaign

any course of systemic aggressive action toward a specifc purpose that is concrete, comprehensive, and to some degree urgent

when does the school need to obtain parental consent ? (3)

before the school evaluates a child for a disability or services before being provided special education services for the first time before reevaluating a child to see if they still have a disability & still needs services

at times in education it may be necessary to _______ for systemic reform efforts before initiating changes

campaign

counseling is not likely to be effective unless

client is motivated to change

When MTSS is applied to academics tier one focuses on (4)

curriculum instructional practices staff development needs setting goals and planning for monitoring interventions

children who are most harmed are those who live in

deep poverty

behavioral problems associated with child poverty

engagement in high risk activities like drinking and drug abuse early sexual activity & teen pregnancy

what can we do about child poverty (4)

ensure universal free meals in schools ensure affordable healthcare, childcare and universal preK provide lower costs housing for parents make strucutural changes to address generational poverty and marginaliztion

instead of viewing current issues using a within-child pathology approach using data based decision making we must focus on

environments , contexts, desired outcomes and assets

not all SP's will engage in research but all SP's should be involved in making ______-_______ decision making

evidence based

educational law is informed mainly by (3)

federal statues state statutes case law

parental consent is not needed (2)

for the school to review existing school records on the child to give a test that is given to all children

the goal of FBA is to

gather data to support a hypothesis

using a problem solving approach , instead of measuring student performance to find disabilities we

identify the areas in which students' learning is enabled

telehealth services are still in their

infancy

3 key elements of imformed consent

knowing competent voluntary

Schools are _________ systems

living system

deep poverty can best be described as

living with income less than 50% of the federal poverty level and or those who live in persistant poverty for multiple years

broadband approach

looking at general categories of disorders rather than specific ones

the past 20th century was characterized by the ________ & ______ models and the present and the future is characterized by the ________ & ________ models

medical / refer-test-place ; ecological / intervention

MTSS parallels a ______ __________ approach

prevention science

functional behavior assessment

process of gathering data to understand why observed behavior occurs

according to the 10th amendment

providing an education is a matter left to the individual states

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

public law 94-142, first significant federal law that ensured special education services to all with disabilities

Example of selective intervention with history of effectiveness

self management interventions self monitoring, self assessment, goal setting, goal monitoring

epidemiology

systemic study of ongoing prevalence of a disease and all connected risk and protective factors connected to the disease

whereas most people believe that the activating event causes people to have emotional consequences, those who study CBT believe that

the person's beliefs about the event leads to their distress rather than the event itself

advantage of indirect consultation

the potential to improve services to other students assuming that they are able to generalize the problems and outcomes for students

from an ecological how are schools classified as living systems (2)

the system influences the environment and the environment influences the system each part is interconnected with and reciprocally influence all other parts of the system as well as the system

indirect consultation

working with a consultee (teacher or parent) and that consultee works directly with the student

why isn't counseling generally effective for students displaying disruptive behavior ?

you must focus on the contingencies of reinforcement