The School Psychologist Game

WISC-V

100

WISC-V stand for?

What is the WISC-V Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fifth Ed

200

…means a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child’s educational performance: (a) An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors. (b) An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers. (c) Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances. (d) A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression. (e) A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems. The term includes schizophrenia.

What is Emotional Disturbance.

300

…means a developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age three, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. Other characteristics often associated with autism are engaging in repetitive activities and stereotyped movements, resistance to environmental change or change in daily routines, and unusual responses to sensory experiences.

What is Autism.

NASP

100

First NASP Domain? 

What is Data-Based Decision Making and Accountability

200

includes the broad ability to reason, form concepts, and solve problems using unfamiliar information or novel procedures. Also known as "fluid intelligence"

What is GF.

300

...is the ability to store information and fluently retrieve it later in the process of thinking.

What is GLR.

Assessments

100

This test has 18 subtests of two types: core and supplementary. The subtests are grouped into 4 or 5 scales depended on the age and interpretive model chosen. This model consists of four scales: Sequential Processing Scale, Simultaneous processing Scale, Learning Ability and Planning Ability. CHC model renames these: Short Term Memory (Gsm), Visual Processing (Gv), Long Term Storage and Retrieval (Glr) and Fluid Reasoning (Gf) plus an additional 5th scale Crystallised Ability (Gc).

What is the KABC-II

200

First developed in 1977. There are 7 tests in the standard battery, and an additional 14 in the extended battery, allowing for a considerably detailed analysis of cognitive abilities. The Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory factors that this test examines are: Comprehension-Knowledge, Long-Term Retrieval, Visual-Spatial Thinking, Auditory Processing, Fluid Reasoning, Processing Speed, Short-Term Memory and Quantitative Knowledge and Reading-Writing Ability. A General Intellectual Ability (GIA) or Brief Intellectual Ability (BIA) may be obtained.

What is the Woodcock Johnson.

300

This test is composed of 10 core subtests and five supplemental subtests, with the 10 core subtests comprising the Full Scale IQ. With the new ______, the verbal/performance subscales from previous versions were removed and replaced by the index scores. The General Ability Index (GAI) was included, which consists of the Similarities, Vocabulary and Information subtests from the Verbal Comprehension Index and the Block Design, Matrix Reasoning and Visual Puzzles subtests from the Perceptual Reasoning Index. There are four index scores representing major components of intelligence: Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI) Perceptual Reasoning Index (PRI) Working Memory Index (WMI) Processing Speed Index (PSI)

What is the WAIS-IV.

The ABC's of IEP's

100

The process that the IEP undertakes in order to determine whether a student's behavior is the result of a disability.

What is manifestation determination?

200

Must include child's parents, regular education teacher, at least one special education teacher, representative of the school district, interpreter of instructional implications, possibly an expert, and if appropriate, the child.

Who are the members of an IEP meeting?

300

The core of the process and involve the tasks of evaluation and developing and writing the IEP.

What are the assessment stages?

Is that ethical?

100

Tests and other evaluation materials used in the evaluation of children with suspected disabilities are "provided and administered in the child's native language or other mode of communication and in the form most likely to yield accurate information accurate information on what the child knows and can do academically, developmentally, and functionally, unless it is not feasible to so provide or administer.

What is the native language requirement?

200

Ethical codes, professional standards, and law show agreement that, with the exception of urgent situations, this should be obtained prior to the provision of school psychological services.

What is informed consent?

300

This device is any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain , or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability.

What is assisstive technology?