This paper addresses the role of the school psychologist and how this role can be broadened to encompass areas other than just test administration, and takes a look at what additional knowledge is needed in order to fill more consultative and administrative roles. Through better training programs, the school psychologist is beginning to perform…

To evaluate the school psychologist's role in the management of children with hearing, language or speech impairments the executive director of the National Association of School Psychologists and 22 public school psychologists were interviewed. (LS)

This paper was originally prepared for Symposium (Division 16): School Psychology--This year and the future. It was delivered at the American Psychological Association meetings, San Francisco, September 1968.

This paper discusses Russia's educational system. The major goal of all education in Russia is to train individuals to participate actively in some form of useful work. All educational policy is set by the Communist party. All schools are run by the state and are free. In 1975, ten years of compulsory, free education was introduced, starting at…

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…

THIS RESEARCH EXAMINES THE DEGREE OF CONGRUENCE WHICH EXISTS BETWEEN COUNSELOR AND TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF GROUP COUNSELING. THIRTY COUNSELING GROUPS COMPOSED OF TEACHERS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SPEECH THERAPISTS, AND NURSES WERE FORMED, UTILIZING ALL INDIVIDUALS OTHER THAN TEACHERS AS GROUP LEADERS. TWO SERIES OF GROUP COUNSELING…

This handbook attempts to revise and revitalize the concept of consultation as commonly employed by members of the helping professions, particularly school counselors and student personnel workers in educational settings. The authors believe that neither counseling nor coordination provide the kind of visibility necessary for credibility, and that…

The paper reviews followup school psychological services with handicapped and nonhandicapped students in terms of rationale, research support, and a survey of its implementation by 121 school psychologists. Followup is defined as the continued involvement of the school psychologist following the completion of the problem identification and…

This report is concerned with the re-training of 30 existing school psychologists. It is based on the need for more effective school psychology practice, the emergence of a new social learning approach to school problems, and the development of television techniques for immediate learning. The study utilized an experimental design wherein…

The 16 case studies illustrate the nature and scope of psychological intervention with emotionally disturbed and otherwise handicapped students. Included are papers with the following titles and authors: "Reducing Math Anxiety while Increasing Independent Work Habits in a Learning Disabled Elementary School Boy" (K. Hoogeveen); "Coping with…

Because of the increasing number of certified school psychologists being employed to provide direct psychological services to West Virginia's county school systems, a study was conducted to determine what kinds of services are needed in order to help those children experiencing academic and/or adjustment difficulties in the classroom. Between…

This article suggests directions in which pupil personnel services should be moving. Specifically, pupil personnel workers should: (1) employ a team approach whenever possible, thereby focusing the talents of specialists from the various desciplines on the problems of the student; (2) serve as resource persons for teachers; (3) make more extensive…