History of School Psychology & Special Education
This psychologist is known as the "founding father" of school psychology.
What is Lightner Witmer.
A sudden, unexpected, or unanticipated critical incident that disrupts the school day and interferes with teaching, learning, and student behavior.
What is a school crisis?
It has three tiers of service delivery.
What is MTSS?, What is RTI?
In school-based consultation, the consultee is the______.
What is teacher, parent, or administrator?
The degree to which the test actually measures what is supposed to measure.
California court case ruled in 1971 that school districts were prohibited from using IQ tests to identify or place African-American students in "educable mentally retarded (EMR)" classrooms.
What is Larry P. v. Riles case?
The second leading cause of death for children and adolescents 10 to 24 years old of age in the U.S. is...
What is suicide?
Prior to MTSS and RTI, school psychologists were historically viewed as this...
What are testers? What are diagnosticians? What are special education gatekeepers?
Academic assessments are intended to measure a student's performance within three areas.
What is reading, writing, and math?
Intelligence, achievement, psychological processes, social-emotional, and language are what types of tests.
What are norm-referenced tests?
This special education law protects the rights not only of individuals with visible disabilities but also those with disabilities that may not be apparent. It provides reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities so that they can benefit from programs and activities to students without disabilities.
What is Section 504?
Any person who is required by law to report suspected child abuse and neglect to appropriate law enforcement or social service agency.
What is a mandated reporter?
The first step of the problem-solving model.
What is Problem Identification?
What is a functional behavior assessment?
Provides an estimate of a student's cognitive, academic, social-emotional, behavioral, and adaptive functioning. It also provides recommendations for educational planning and programming and indicates whether or not an educational disability is adversely impacting a student's academic performance.
What is a psychoeducational assessment? What is a psychological assessment?
This special education law makes available an free appropriate education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the U.S. and ensures special education and related services to children.
What is IDEA?
This type of school crisis requires the school psychologist to evaluate, respond, and intervene immediately in any situation that poses danger to the school community.
What is a threat assessment?
Name two evidence-based intervention database learned in class.
What is FCRR?, What is WWC?, What is Missouri EBI Network?, What is CASEL?, What is Best Evidence Encyclopedia?, What is NCII?, What is Intervention Central?, or What is IRIS Center?
Name the three major models of school-based consultation.
What is behavioral, mental health, and organizational or systems consultation?
This type of score has a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.
What are T-Scores?
NASP published this in 2020 and it specifies 10 domains of practice and six organizational principles.
What is the NASP Practice Model?
Name three different school crises.
What is the death of a student, teacher, or staff member? What is a violent incident at or near the school? What is a suicide of a student, teacher, or staff member? What is a threat? What is a natural disaster? What is a act of terrorism?
Five barriers to students and families seeking mental health treatment.
What is stigma? What is language? What are cultural differences? what is legal or immigration status? What is socioeconomic status? What is lack of competent care? What is mental health professional bias?
When selecting what cognitive abilities test to give, a school psychologist is most likely to use which theory?
This type of score has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15.
What are Standard Scores?