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Olinger, Erika Stevens; Hobbs, Tracy; Hare, Christina – Communique, 2021
The May 2021 "Communiqué" article, "Professional Practice: Disruptive Innovation Defines Leadership Opportunities: Membership Engagement," explored how the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and state associations transitioned with disruptive innovation practices to support members during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Professional Associations, Innovation, COVID-19
Nicholas W. Affrunti – National Association of School Psychologists, 2023
The current brief provides an overview of the 2021-2022 school year student-to-school psychologist ratio for every United States territory, using the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) counts of school psychologists. In addition to this, data are presented on the percentage change in student-to-school psychologist ratio from the…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Counselor Client Ratio, Public Schools, Elementary Schools
Dixon, Robert J.; Kitson, Jennifer; Somers, Cheryl; Mangus, Lauren; Chaffin, Jamie; Hendricker, Elise – Communique, 2020
Faced with national shortages of school psychologists, it is important that graduate educators explore different service delivery options to educate the greatest number of potential candidates to meet this need. One of the greatest areas of practitioner shortages is in the rural and less populated regions of the country, where a university can be…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, School Psychologists, Graduate Students, Distance Education
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Ahmad, Jamal – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine Arab American parents' perceptions of difficulties their children experience in the USA. Both Arab American children born outside the USA who later moved to the country and children born in the USA to Arab parents were examined. Fifty Arab American families were interviewed in two areas in the State of…
Descriptors: Arabs, North Americans, Acculturation, Interviews
Spaniolo-DePouw, Angela – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A resurgence of interest in gifted students and gifted education highlights the importance of examining attitudes of school psychologists related to the identification and programming for gifted students. This study explored the relationships between professional experiences, personal experiences, demographics, and previous training and the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Experience, School Psychologists, Attitudes
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Albritton, Kizzy; Anhalt, Karla; Terry, Nicole Patton – School Psychology Forum, 2016
Achievement and disciplinary inequities between students from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds and their White peers have been documented for decades in U.S. public schools. Researchers have documented that some racially and ethnically diverse students enter school with weaker academic skills than their White counterparts. Further,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, School Psychologists, Role, Change Agents
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Morrison, Julie Q.; Russell, Christine; Dyer, Stephanie; Metcalf, Terri; Rahschulte, Rebecca L. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
Despite the national proliferation of technical assistance as a driver for school reform and as a model for embedded and sustained professional development, very little is known about the organizational structures and processes needed to support technical assistance. The purpose of this paper is to describe a structured needs assessment process…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Response to Intervention, Models, Needs Assessment
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Ervin, Ruth A.; Schaughency, Elizabeth; Goodman, Steven D.; McGlinchey, Margaret T.; Matthews, Amy – School Psychology Review, 2006
This paper describes a 4-year project that partnered psychologists based in universities and those in educational service districts to support development and implementation of school-wide academic and behavioral support systems in four elementary schools across four districts, representing different communities with varying demographic…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Organizational Change, Elementary Schools, Professional Development
DUNN, JAMES A. – 1967
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY ENCOMPASSES ANY AREA OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY BROUGHT TO BEAR ON ANY PROBLEM OF SCHOOLS, OR PERSONS IN SCHOOLS, OR THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF SCHOOLS. AFTER WORLD WAR II, THE DEMAND FOR SCHOOL PROVISION OF CLINICAL SERVICES ROSE GREATLY BECAUSE OF THE RECOGNITION OF NEED, AFFLUENCE, AND THE POST-WAR BABY BOOM WHICH MAGNIFIED…
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Classification, Educational Psychology, History
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Bahr, Michael W. – Psychology in the Schools, 1994
Study assessed the current status of prereferral practices in Michigan. Directors of special education responded to surveys addressing issues such as whether prereferral intervention was required and so forth. Results indicated that most districts encourage prereferral practices and that academic and behavior management strategies are equally…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Children, Consultation Programs
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Special Education Services. – 1986
Revised administrative rules for special education and rules for school social worker and school psychological services in Michigan are presented. The rules (which take effect in July 1987) cover such areas as: general provisions (definitions of terms, determination of impairment); evaluation, eligibility, student assignment, and due process…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Disabilities, Educational Administration, Educational Diagnosis
Rhodes, William C., Ed.; Sweeney, Dwight P., Ed. – 1977
These proceedings were compiled from two separate institutes held in Ann Arbor on November 18-19, 1976, and again on January 20-21, 1977. Institute participants included directors of special education, school psychologists, school social workers, and teacher consultants from around the state. The papers presented here are composites of…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Diagnostic Tests, Due Process
Smith, Hyrum M.; Eckerson, Louise Omwake – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
Most counselors agree that all children could benefit from guidance during the elementary grades in school. Guidance for the gifted adolescent often comes too late to change his study habits or his educational plans; and, early recognition of and help for children with physical, social, and emotional difficulties might prevent delinquency, early…
Descriptors: Educational History, School Guidance, Elementary School Students, Educational Practices