LEP EXAM

Public Law 108-446

Public Schools must identify all students with disabilities, collect information regarding race & ethnicity. Goal is to provide students with disabilities all the services provided to students without disabilities.

Rowley vs Board of Education

Public schools do not have to provide the best education but an adequate education (schools do not have to provide a Cadillac education, but a Ford is required).

Lau v. Nicholas Case

Schools must provide accommodations for ESL students.

Hobson vs. Hansen

Schools must provide educational opportunities despite a family's socio-economic status.

Public Law 99-457

Services sought to be delivered to pre-schoolers (birth-2) with disabilities and encourage services to at-risk infants, toddlers and their families.

Honing v. Doe

Special education students must have manifestation determination hearing to review placement if they are suspected more than 10 days.

Public Law 105-17

Specifically, this act stated that a child could not be identified as having a disability solely on insufficient instruction in reading, math, or English proficiency.

Larry P. Case

Supreme court ruled in favor of not using intelligence tests to place African American students in special education classrooms. Case was updated in the 1980s to include speech and language classroom placement.

Conviction invloving sexual abuse of children

The board shall not issue a license to a person who has been convicted of a crime in this or any other state or in a territory of the United States that involves sexual abuse of children or who is required to register pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code or the equivalent in another state of territory.

Larry P. vs. Riles

The percentage of minority students in special education can't exceed the percentage in the representative population. The rule is based on the fact that there was an over representation of minority students identified as mentally retarded.

Section 504

This is a civil rights law & guarantees access to a school building & to a school's curriculum. Regulations require a school district to provide a "free appropriate public education" (FAPE) to each qualified student with a disability who is in the school district's jurisdiction, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability.

PASE v. Hannon

This is a pro-special education ruling that endorsed the use of standardized test as long as they are not culturally biased and are used with several other measures.

Professionalism

Typically based on guidelines of a professional as well as personal principals of how to conduct oneself in the work place.

Public Law 105-17 Revision

Was necessary sue to a continual inappropriate labeling & identification of students with disabilities within the public education system. Many minority children were being mis-labled as students with disabilities, thus resulting in a high disproportionate number of minority children in special education.

Display of License

A license shall display his license in a conspicuous place in the licensee's primary place of practice.

LEP must do the following:

Ability to listen well, participate in discussions, convey information & work together with others at an individual, group, & system level.

LEP authorized & must do following:

Ability to listen well, participate in discussions, convey information, and work together with others at an individual group and systems level.

Diana v. State Board of Education

Assessments must be administered in the native languages of the native languages of the students (must be able to validate minority testing practices).

IDEA Law 1997, Part C

Authorized Child Find for children 0-3 years old.

Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA)

Case law that requires parental "access" to records. Act give families the right to review the records of their child, files must be kept confidential, public does not have legal privileges-can't review a student's file, and confidentiality is central to this law.

What to do with suicidal students?

Consider alternatives & parental follow-up. Make no deal to keep secret, have student write a suicide contract, and supervise until in the care of the parent.

Scope of Practice (continued)

Consulting services for children or adults for amelioration of academic learning problems. Educational construction, research, and direct educational services

School Psychologist's responsibility

Contribute to the improvement of the curriculum and student services offered at the school. As such, the psychologist should make efforts to participate in, conduct, and publish psychological research.

Tarasoff Case

Court ruled that a school district has a duty to warn the parents if their son or daughter is in danger (important for anti-bullying programs).

LEP provider in collaboration w/ others

Develop challenging & achievable cognitive & academic goals, provide information on ways student can achieve goals, & monitor student progress towards goals.

Public Law 94-457

Education of the handicapped authorized early intervention of toddlers and families.

LEP authorized to do following:

Educational evaluation, diagnosis and test interpretation, counseling services for children or adults of academic learning problems, educational consultation, research, and direct education services.

Scope of Practice

Educational evaluation, diagnosis, and test interpretation limited to assessment of academic ability, learning patterns, achievement, motivation, and personality factors directly related to academic learning problems.

Brown vs. Board of Education

Educational facilities are not allowed to segregate according to race (anti-segregation law).

Perkins Act

Gives rights to transition special education students in vocational problems -occupational access.

Public Law 108-446 Revised

Goal of revised law is to provide students with disabilities all services possible and to allow these students the same opportunities as those without disabilities. Federal funding may be revoked or suspended if schools are found in noncompliance.

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability (HIPPA)

HIPPA is an administrative function of handling client records and confidential health insurance information. The purpose of the act is to ensure confidentiality of these records is maintained and the client's privacy is upheld.

LEP decision making process w/ team members must do the following:

Identify behavior problems, collect & analyze information to understand the problem, make decisions about the service delivery, & evaluate the outcomes of the service.

Scope of School Psychologist

Include all duties aimed at improving emotional, mental & academic health of the students. Ensuring all students receive effective classroom instruction, working with teachers & administrators to provide additional instruction to students in need, and advocating and providing for students who need crisis management.

IDEA

Individuals with Disabilities Educational Act-broadens educational rights of the disabled.

Informed Consent

Inform the client: nature of services, fee policy (usually hourly), cancellation policy, exceptions to confidentiality, always get written permission to record.

Confidentiality

Information is revealed only with informed consent of the child or the child's parent or guardian, except in those situations in which failure to release information would result in clear danger to the client or others.

LEP reveal confidential information

Information revealed only with informed consent of child or child's parent or legal guardian, except when failure to release information results in clear danger to client or others.

Suicide Threats or Attempts

Interview to obtain history, determine whether the client has a plan of action and access to lethal options, what is the frequency of thoughts of suicide, if there have been previous attempts?

Consulting is a triadic relationship

It is the cooperation of three parties: the consultee, the consultant, and the client. The relationship is developed in order to solve a specific goal.

Necessity of License (Unauthorized representation as a licensee)

It is unlawful for any person to practice educational psychology or use any title or letters that imply that he is a licensed educational psychologist unless, at the time of so doing, he holds a valid, unexpired, and unrevoked license.

Retain client information

LEP hold onto information for at least six years.

Limits of confidentiality

LEP inform child & others of the limits of confidentiality at outset of establishing professional relationships.

Advertising as a LEP

LEP may advertise as Educational psychologists. California law prohibits any advertising which is false, misleading or deceptive. Licensure status must be shown either by including the complete name of the license OR by including the initials of the license AND the license number. It is also permissible to include academic credentials (i.e., M.A., M.S.W., Oh.D.) so long as the degree is earned and relevant to the license.

Public Law 94-142

Least Restrictive Environment for students with disabilities. All schools are required to identify students with learning disabilities. Only students with congenital physical or mental disabilities or those caused from trauma qualify for special education services.

Hughes Bill (A.B. 2586)

Legislation deals with behavior interventions for special education students. Requires behavioral intervention plan (BIP), respects human dignity, personal privacy, & ensures a pupil's placement in the least restrictive environment.

Marshall v. Georgia

Marshall ruling stated that the percentage of minorities placed in special education can exceed the percentage in the representative population as long as the appropriate and proper steps for placement were followed.

Staff Development

Needs assessment, goals for the team & school, strategic plan and implementation.

Conflict of Interest (Dual Relationship)

Occurs when a professional is involved in multiple relationships that may intermingle and violate ethical standards. A psychologist must avoid multiple types of relationships with the same individuals.

Best Practice

Practices that have been show to provide or offer the best possible services to the client. Best practices are often proposed based on empirical research.

Three steps for crisis intervention

Primary intervention is first step; second to address the most adversely impacted by the crisis; and third, to determine the effectiveness of the intervention & the need for continued counseling/intervention.

Privacy & Confidentiality

1. Privacy refers to the immediate surrounding. 2. Confidentiality extends beyond the session & refers to the promise the therapist makes with the client that things discussed during a session will not be repeated.