ABSTRACT
Published with the sponsorship of the Trainers of School Psychologists, this two volume handbook examines the essential tenets of the school psychology profession, critically reviews training and practice issues, and evaluates how the traditional and changing skills and issues translate into meeting the needs of children and the systems that serve them.
Volume I focuses on the professional issues and topics that form the core of the university curriculum for the school psychology specialist degree. It explores contemporary university training programs, the foundations of school education, and key areas of responsibility for school-based mental health professionals, and takes a look at the future of training for school psychologists. Specific issues such as the teaching of specialty skills and training for unique areas and special populations are also discussed. By way of raising questions and issues that ultimately play out in the field, it lays the groundwork for Volume II, which is dedicated to bridging the training and practice gap.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|82 pages
Contemporary School Psychology Training
chapter 2|19 pages
Putting School Psychology Training into Historical Perspective
chapter 3|15 pages
Creating a School Psychology Training Program
chapter 5|20 pages
Combined–Integrated Training
part 2|82 pages
Foundations of Training
chapter 8|19 pages
Multiculturalism and Diversity
part 3|67 pages
Training for Assessment and Evidence-Based Practice
part 4|88 pages
Training for Intervention
chapter 13|23 pages
School-Based Mental Health
chapter 15|16 pages
Adolescent Incarceration and Children's Psychiatric Hospitalization
chapter 16|16 pages
A Framework for Working with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
part 5|10 pages
School Psychology Training: Rooted in the Past, Practicing in the Present, and Contemplating the Future